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Book: Live Like Lorelei
Book description:
When Susan Geoghegan’s daughter, Lorelei, was born with a rare mitochondrial disease, motherhood became nothing like she imagined. Instead of playdates and milestones, there were PICU stays, feeding tubes, and doctors delivering news no parent ever expects to hear.
But woven into the heartbreak was a girl who radiated joy, love, and light—teaching her family (and now, you) how to live fully, love deeply, and find hope even in impossible places.
Live Like Lorelei is not just a story of grief—it’s a love letter to resilience. With honesty, wit, and a healthy dose of sarcasm, Susan invites readers into the sacred, messy, hilarious, and heartbreaking chapters of her motherhood journey. Along the way, she discovers lessons about self-worth, belonging, presence, and how to live boldly in a world that doesn’t always make sense.
For anyone who has ever loved and lost, or simply wondered how to hold grief and joy in the same breath, this memoir is both a companion and a compass. It will make you cry, laugh, and maybe crave a slice of pie.
What readers will find inside:
– A raw, beautifully written story of life with a medically complex child
– Lessons about resilience, self-worth, belonging, and hope
– The reminder that while grief changes us, it doesn’t have to consume us
– A voice that is equal parts heart-wrenching and sarcastic, because sometimes laughter is survival
If you’ve ever felt broken, Live Like Lorelei will remind you: there is still light, love, and life to be found.