This is a story of pain, faith and healing. It encompasses the plight of a family whose loved one acquires a rare cancer as an effect of a hospital given drug called DES. Author, Brenda Lee, writes about her experiences as a young teenager witnessing the strength of her mother and the suffering of her family as they take on the fight of a deadly disease that has stricken Brenda's sister, Vanessa. Only one year apart in age, Brenda and Vanessa ran the city of Philadelphia as thick as thieves. Everything changed once it had been learned that Vanessa was ill. Brenda took on Vanessa's physical pain, but instead she carried it in her heart. She could not give Vanessa her life. All she had to give her was her song.
This is a story of pain, faith and healing. It encompasses the plight of a family whose loved one acquires a rare cancer as an effect of a hospital given drug called DES. Author, Brenda Lee, writes about her experiences as a young teenager witnessing the strength of her mother and the suffering of her family as they take on the fight of a deadly disease that has stricken Brenda's sister, Vanessa. Only one year apart in age, Brenda and Vanessa ran the city of Philadelphia as thick as thieves. Everything changed once it had been learned that Vanessa was ill. Brenda took on Vanessa's physical pain, but instead she carried it in her heart. She could not give Vanessa her life. All she had to give her was her song.