Not About to Give Up: The Amazing Story About the Woman Who Could Not Eat on Sale till End of July

July 28, 2010 - PRLog -- According to Amazon, sales of eBooks for the Kindle have surpassed hard cover sales for the past three months at a rate of 143 eBooks to 100 hard covers. Meanwhile, every major eReader manufacturer has slashed prices drastically, making it easier than ever to start reading eBooks at home or on vacation. With Smashwords holding a summer/winter sale until the end of July, now is the best time to add Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story by Toronto author Shireen Jeejeebhoy to your summer eBook collection.

Lifeliner tells of the heroic woman who made medical history and who shared her joy of life with everyone she met. After a series of blood clots annihilated the intestines of Judy Taylor, a remarkable series of events resulted in her becoming the first person to live at home on intravenous feeding – without eating any food whatsoever. Despite it being dangerous for her to swallow even so much as a crumb, she went on – for two decades – to cook for her family and friends and to encourage patients from Canada, to the US to Europe, and beyond, not to give up, to live a good life on TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) or with their own personal crisis.

Her tenacity to live, in partnership with the ingenuity of physician/researcher Dr. Khursheed Jeejeebhoy, resulted in the creation of Home TPN, an artificial feeding technique that keeps thousands of people alive and thriving today.

Taylor’s doctor was the author’s father; Shireen met Judy while a young girl and was amazed at how Judy's spirit and beautiful smile inspired and encouraged so many to face difficult illnesses and surmount their challenges, to live well and enjoy life.

“When they sent her home on TPN, no one knew how long she would live or what her quality of life would be like,” Shireen says. “As far as Judy was concerned, life itself was good enough and she had no intention of lying on the couch all day. She had been given a second chance, and she was running with it.”

Giving it four out of five stars, one reviewer on Smashwords described Lifeliner as a, “A very gripping and touching tale.”

Lifeliner has scooped awards in the US for Editor’s Choice, Publisher’s Choice, Reader's Choice and won Best Biography in the Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award and is delighting readers around the world. In addition to trade paperback and hard cover, it is now available in multi-format eBook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBookstore, Smashwords.com, Sony Reader Store, and soon to come KoboBooks. Hurry to Smashwords now while this remarkable book is 50 percent off.

Read more and watch a book trailer at http://jeejeebhoy.ca/lifeliner. Photos and video at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pario/sets/72157615087640522/. Purchase it at Smashwords at 50 percent off, using code SWS50, at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/15191. Check out the YouTube trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kn8WWoml2I.



About the Author

Born in London, England, Shireen Jeejeebhoy resides in Toronto, Canada. She holds a B.Sc. in psychology from the University of Toronto. Read more about this accomplished writer at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/ShireenJeejeebhoy.

About Smashwords

Launched in 2008, Smashwords is an eBook publishing and distribution platform serving authors, publishers, readers, and retailers. Smashwords makes it free and easy for any author or publisher, anywhere in the world, to instantly publish and distribute a multi-format eBook. Smashwords puts authors and publishers in full control over the pricing, sampling, and distribution of their works. Authors and publishers receive up to 85 percent of the net proceeds from sales of their works. Smashwords has distribution relationships with leading online retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Sony and with leading mobile e-reading apps such as Stanza, Kobo, Aldiko, FBReader, and Word-Player, spanning all major mobile platforms including Android and iPhone. Smashwords is based in Los Gatos, California and can be reached on the web at http://www.smashwords.com/. Visit the official Smashwords blog at http://blog.smashwords.com/.

Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story
by Shireen Jeejeebhoy
Smashwords Edition
May 2010 / 186 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4523-2324-4 Open Ebook US$4.99
http://jeejeebhoy.ca

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Author and photographer Shireen Jeejeebhoy has published "Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story" and is currently working on a novel and screenplay. Jeejeebhoy resides in Toronto, Canada and holds a B.Sc. in psychology from the University of Toronto.