The nonfiction book I published, Watching Their Dance: Three Sisters, a Genetic Disease and Marrying into a Family At Risk for Huntington’s, begins with the following words:
“Some lives seem to move smoothly along a natural continuum, with one 
event or decision seeming to slide into the next. Such people seem to have faced no dramatic forks in the road, had few life-altering choices to make. Other lives, at least in hindsight, travel in a particular direction at one particular life-changing moment. That’s what happened to me, when, at age twenty-two, I suddenly had to confront the most complicated decision of my life.”
Never before had I been confronted with such a huge crossroad that caused a dramatic pause. That pause, lasting for seven heartbreaking, confusing months, was whether to continue my relationship with the love of my life, John Marin, who had a 50/50 chance of inheriting Huntington’s disease (HD). HD is a rare, fatal, genetic brain disorder with NO CURE and it affects children and adults. To read more about HD, click here 
Having grown up in the Midwest, with 1950’s over protective parents who’s only expectation of their four (4) daughters was to marry and have kids, I lacked life experiences with death and genetic diseases.
By purchasing my book, you will be helping in the fight against HD because 100% of the profits from the book is being donated to the nonprofit, Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA). It can be found on many book websites like amazon.com/Watching-Their-Dance-Marrying-Huntingtons/dp/0998442208:
or on my Author Website: https://theresecrutchermarin.com/purchase-book/
Therese at the 2018 HDSA Annual Convention in LA.
We Can Never Lose HOPE…………..
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