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When sixteen year old Kate Genovese went to visit her sister Denise
in the hospital in 1968, she claims "something clicked that very
moment, I wanted to make Denise better again, heal her shattered
body and make her laugh ... I couldn't put words to my feelings,
but I knew I wanted to do more then just visit" That day Kate
discovered her calling in life, nursing, and spent the next thirty
years on an adventure that has been at once rewarding and
devastating, tumultuous and spiritual. Her memoir poignantly
describes the adventures of her nursing career, beginning with her
trial-some days as an LPN, where she lost her nursing license
because of a drug addiction, her recovery, and going back to school
once again to obtain her RN. The memoir meanders through the
eighties and nineties, where she writes about her experiences with
insurance companies and federal Medicare systems, which have proven
to be somewhat flawed in the method in which they fund patients.
Interspersed within the memoir are hilarious anecdotes about
nursing "mishaps" magical accounts of patients having near death
experiences, and tales of strength, hope, and courage in a world of
sickness and death. ______ Kate Genovese has been a registered
nurse for over 30 years. She has worked in the substance abuse
field, with physically and sexually abused children, as well as
school nursing for five years. Kate presently works for a visiting
nurse association. Her other books, Loving Joe Gallucci and Two
Weeks Since My Last Confession are also available in print and
ebook formats.
This riveting book, although fiction, presents readers with a true
picture of the perils of drug addiction, incest, physical and
sexual abuse, and the dark secrets of a family. But it is also a
story of hope and restoration. The author includes valuable
resources in regard to childhood sexual abuse and incest that many
will find useful. This book is a "must read" and recommended for
all adults. - Betty Corbin Tucker, Amazon Book Reviewer Two Weeks
Since my Last Confession is a moving novel of dealing with one's
dark past. - Midwest Book Review A dramatically written family
saga, Two Weeks Since my Last Confession is the story of one
woman's survival in the face of serious childhood abuse and
addiction. More than this, it is a tale that chronicles the triumph
of the human spirit over its enemies - not only external enemies
but also the ones we find within ourselves. When Molly O'Brien
comes into the world in 1951, she never imagines her life will turn
out the way it does. Born into a wealthy family in which her father
is a senator and her mother a devout catholic, Molly receives a
good upbringing and has all the reason in the world to be happy.
Yet, somehow, at the age of thirty, she is addicted to heroin and
hasn't been employed for years. Her father believes that the
corrupting influences of society are at fault, while her mother is
convinced it's Molly's own depravity that has caused her ruin and
her failure to stay in the Catholic church. Her older brother,
Sean, however, knows who is really to blame: he holds the family
secrets that have caused all of his sister's problems and are
leading her down the harrowing road to drug addiction. And
ultimately he knows that he and his parents are the only ones who
can lead her out. _______ Kate Genovese has been a registered nurse
for over 30 years. She has worked in the substance abuse field,
with physically and sexually abused children, as well as school
nursing for five years. Kate presently works for a visiting nurse
association. Her other books, Thirty years in September; A Nurses
Memoir and Loving Joe Gallucci are also available in print and
ebook formats.
"As a liver specialist who treats hundreds of people with Hepatitis
C every year, I would like to express my gratitude, on my patients'
behalf, to Kate Genovese for authoring a book which portray the
human drama that flows from the diagnosis of Hepatitis C." -
Melissa Palmer, M.D., Author of Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to
Hepatitis and Liver Disease Love between a man and a woman is
undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and spiritual exchanges
between two human beings. It is also one of the most tragic,
particularly when alcohol, drugs, dysfunctional families, and a
life-threatening liver disease are thrown into the mix. Loving Joe
Gallucci is one such love affair. It is the extraordinary romantic
tale of Meg Flaherty, daughter of an eminent Massachusetts Senator,
and Jimmy Romano, a blue-collar boy always trying to prove himself
to the imperious Flaherty clan. Taking place over a period of
thirty years, this novel chronicles the tumultuous courtship and
marriage of a husband forever struggling with heroin and cocaine,
and a wife whose fidelity to him throughout his addictions, and
later, through his bout with hepatitis C is extraordinary. More
than anything, Loving Joe Gallucci is a story of redemption, of the
resurrection of the Romano family through the triumph over
adversity, and through faith, hope, and unconditional love. In its
final analysis, this book is a call to arms against a liver disease
so subtle and yet so damaging that is could perhaps be called the
AIDS epidemic of the 21st century. ______ Kate Genovese has been a
registered nurse for over 30 years. She has worked in the substance
abuse field, with physically and sexually abused children, as well
as school nursing for five years. Kate presently works for a
visiting nurse association. Her other books, Thirty years in
September; A Nurses Memoir and Two Weeks Since My Last Confession
are also available in print and ebook formats.
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