PRAISE for BREATH TAKING:

"This story truly matters and people need to hear it. Breath Taking is a remarkable celebration of resilience, and a true testament to strength, love, and survival. It shows us that there's always a path forward even when it's too dark to see. You'll probably laugh and cry, and you'll for sure be inspired." --Victoria Arlen, TV host and Paralympic gold medalist

"A moving, honest, and emotionally powerful story of family dedication, pain, and love. This is a book that is both wrenching and inspiring, all at once." --Tova Miris, author of The Book of Separation

"An epic story of love and resilience." --Kirkland Hamill, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Filthy Beasts

"Jessica throws aside pride and pretense expressing with generous vulnerability the heartbreaks and hopes that come with raising a child with a rare disease. More than an honest and humorous memoir, Breath Taking can be the guide star so many seek when life hands them more than they ever imagined they could endure." --Daniel DeFabio, Co-founder Disorder: The Rare Disease Film Festival, Co-founder The Disorder Channel. Advocate.

"A story of relentless heartbreak met with wit, strength, and resilience, Jessica Fein's memoir reminds us that optimism, perseverance, and ultimately acceptance are the keystones to surviving life's curveballs. When the choices are curling up in the fetal position or facing adversity head-on, Fein has chosen the latter in spades. Her story is the perfect illustration of how we control nothing in life but our actions and attitude." --Jennifer Weisel Bailey, Entertainment Director, ELLE Magazine

"In Breath Taking, Jessica Fein finds the words to convey the deepest truths of being human and then shares them with vivid candor as if over a cup of coffee." --Rabbi Susan Silverman, author of Casting Lots: Creating a Family in a Beautiful, Broken World

"Jessica Fein is that rare writer who can defuse sorrow with her sense of humor." --Dan Zevin, Thurber Prize-winning humorist and award-winning humor columnist for The New York Times

FIVE STAR RATINGS ON GOODREADS--44 and counting!

"This book is beautifully written and totally engaging. It made me cry, but it made me smile too. This is a book about hope, anticipatory grief, and about responding to the circumstances of one's life with bravery and determination. It is a must read!"

"Easily one of the most beautiful and moving books I have ever read."

"Fein's light-hearted and often funny narrative danced me through each compelling chapter; lifting me beside her in celebration and twirling me into crushing heartbreak."

"Breath Taking is a rare book that pulled me in and held me long after the final page."

"It is a page-turner, a book you can finish in one sitting. It is gripping in its drama and surprising in the humor and lightness that exists alongside the pain."