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Can I Take My Panda Daddy?
With a loving family and a pretty bushland home, Sean Crooks' days were full of
wonder and excitement. When, at age four, Sean was found to have a malignant
brain tumour, his life and the lives of those around him were changed forever.
Within hours of that unexpected diagnosis an air ambulance was flying him to
The Children's Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia, for an extended course
of palliative radiotherapy.
Simply and beautifully written, Can I Take My Panda Daddy? follows the physical
and emotional journey taken by Sean and his family, from Sean's early non-specific
symptoms through to the first anniversary of his death. In writing this memoir,
Greg Crooks not only wanted to take the reader on Sean's 'journey' but also
wanted the reader to discover and to love Sean as much as he did.
Can I Take My Panda Daddy? has been especially well received by families who
have, for whatever reason and at whatever age, lost a child. And though never
intended to be a reference text, Can I Take My Panda Daddy? has also been well
received by grief and cancer organizations worldwide.
wonder and excitement. When, at age four, Sean was found to have a malignant
brain tumour, his life and the lives of those around him were changed forever.
Within hours of that unexpected diagnosis an air ambulance was flying him to
The Children's Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia, for an extended course
of palliative radiotherapy.
Simply and beautifully written, Can I Take My Panda Daddy? follows the physical
and emotional journey taken by Sean and his family, from Sean's early non-specific
symptoms through to the first anniversary of his death. In writing this memoir,
Greg Crooks not only wanted to take the reader on Sean's 'journey' but also
wanted the reader to discover and to love Sean as much as he did.
Can I Take My Panda Daddy? has been especially well received by families who
have, for whatever reason and at whatever age, lost a child. And though never
intended to be a reference text, Can I Take My Panda Daddy? has also been well
received by grief and cancer organizations worldwide.
248 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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January 2, 2016
My first review on Goodreads.. I read this a few years ago, had never read anything like it. It is self published and written by a father about the death of his toddler son. I remember being overwhelmed about reading such a harrowing time in this families life, he wrote so honestly and with such love for a son. I have just had a son myself so not sure if it's a god time to be re-read, but I will one day. I cried and cried, and realised how lucky I am with healthy children. Such strong feelings of empathy for this man. Emotional reading but very worthwhile. Although a vague review having read so long ago, I thoroughly recommend this book.
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