I have finally updated my Facebook page with covers of both books. This is the second version of the Lilac Haze cover as I wanted it to reflect more what the book is about, which is the subject of organ donation. Here’s the blurb from Amazon along with the Amazon link:
Dumfries and Galloway Life Magazine’s ‘Book of the Month’ for April 2014 (Southwest Scotland)
“…an excellent read.” Summer 2013
” You don’t remember your childhood in detail, so your memories thirty or forty years on have become hazy; times you had back then are painted in colours that have become distorted, and you find yourself recalling conversations you have created in your head. Through living in the false world of remembering, you can deal with the past in such a way that the things that happened, they appear to matter less. This is a love story. In the end, anyway, that’s what it will be. A love story gives you hope: whatever you have lost; whatever you have to gain. For me, as someone on daily kidney dialysis, when an offer of a kidney came along which I couldn’t possibly refuse, there was everything to gain. But the past has a way of interfering with what seems as though it is the right path… and how do you ever in this life repay a debt so huge? Clare Cogbill was born in the mid-1960s and has spent much of her adult life working with animals, and as a lecturer. In this book, from personal experience, she explores the issues of organ donation, generosity, grief. and the human-animal bond. It is a story that readers will find thought-provoking and captivating. This book is an autobiography of love, loss, grief and what can happen when you dare to hope. ”
It’s a heart-rending read, and I’m fully aware of the sadness other people have in their life. I hope, however, that on some level it will help others who are experiencing live organ donation. I have received feedback from a few families who have read the book and who have, indeed, found it has helped them through the process themselves.
Clare Cogbill 