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The Stones Applaud: How Cystic Fibrosis Shaped My Childhood
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About The Stones Applaud: How Cystic Fibrosis Shaped My
Product Description Teresa Mullin was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at four years of age, but it was not until she was nine that she learned most children with the disease were not expected to live to adulthood. What had been a nuisance soon became a force that molded her childhood, youth, and future. In The Stones Applaud, Mullin writes of absences from school, serving as a poster child, frequent hospitalizations, medical treatments, and most painful the isolation that came with cystic fibrosis, an inherited condition that damages the lungs and affects the digestive system. With dry humor and sharp insights, Mullin describes her battles with the disease, teachers, fellow students, and even medical professionals who tried to hold her back from experiencing life. Alternately funny, frank, poignant, and gripping, The Stones Applaud reveals the talented young writer's fierce determination to live, thrive, and persevere. Whether writing about the joy of being accepted to prep school and Harvard University, the tragedies of others deaths, or the pain of a broken friendship, Mullin never resorts to sentimentality or courts pity. The result is a powerful self-portrait of a young woman who bravely faced death while living life, who fought for every breath and every experience, and who challenges others to carry on the fight for dignity and independence for those with chronic illness. Before she died, Mullin visited Ireland and witnessed cold Atlantic waves beat against the cliffs. Inevitably, the cliffs will not withstand the unrelenting waves, but still they persevere and only the stones applaud. Mullin selected that metaphor from a poem by Gerald Dawe as the title of her memoir. She saw herself and others impacted by cystic fibrosis as the stone cliffs, standing resolute and strong in the face of a battle they suspect they will never win. Review I came to know Teresa Mullin in London during what turned out to be the last months of her life. She was a strong, fearless, committed, gutsy, obstinate person who fought for her life against a ruthless disease. She was also a talented young writer whose promising career was cruelly cut short. She left behind a loving family and this gripping account of her struggle. Every page will inspire you and break your heart. --Glenn Frankel, Former London Bureau Chief, Washington Post While cystic fibrosis wreaked havoc on her physical being, Teresa Mullin possessed a spiritual insight and strength that many of us may never experience. Teresa's book reveals a beautiful, courageous spirit imprisoned in a body that could not go the distance against CF. She leaves to all of us a truly inspired legacy. --Pamela Dent and U.S. Congressman Charlie Dent God gave the Mullins a precious gift: Teresa, who lived her life as an Olympic champion of every challenge. God gave me a precious gift: the privilege to be an observer of something so special: her life. I learned from her the value of one minute, one breath, and one thought, and was able to understand what is real and true. --Kostas Kalogeropoulos, Founder, Dream Come True, and Co-founder, Camelot for Children About the Author TERESA ANNE MULLIN was a student at Harvard University when she began work on The Stones Applaud, an autobiographical look at her experiences with cystic fibrosis, a hereditary chronic disease affecting the lungs and digestive system. Mullin refused to let the disorder defeat her especially after she learned that, at the time, most children with cystic fibrosis were not expected to live beyond their teens or twenties. After attending elementary school in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Mullin attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. She was the first chronically ill student to attend and graduate from the prestigious preparatory school. Attending Harvard University was a longtime dream for Mullin. As a student, Mullin worked as a reporter and editor for the Harvard Crimson, eventually handling the Harvard Business Schoo
