Author(s): Barbara Frances Williams

Biographies & Memoirs

DOP 2008, Auckland softcover One year after moving from Auckland to Sydney to start a new career Barbara is diagnosed with motor neurone desease, an incurable, degenerative, terminal condition. Once diagnosed with motor neurone disease, there is currently no hope of a cure. The best one can hope for is to slow the progression. People may react in different ways to the diagnosis of motor neurone disease. They can devote themselves to fighting the disease, they can try to live as fully as they can or they can give up. Barbara, elder daughter of the redoubtable Sir Robert Muldoon - a heritage of courage under fire - chooses to live life as fully as she can while she is able to.Losing My Voice! is not only a "cannot put down" story, but a very poignant milestone in understanding the human tragedy of this cruelest of diseases. It will have significant impact on sufferers and their loved ones, worldwide.