All That Followed
A True Story of Triplets, Friends, Cancer, Love, Loss and Laughter
by Emma Campbell
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Pub Date Aug 09 2018 | Archive Date Nov 27 2018
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Description
An uplifting true story of female friendship, losing love, finding love, cancer, laughter, triplets, the kindness of strangers... and the fear of leaving it all too soon.
With four children (including triplets!), a tiny flat ‘at the top of a million stairs’ (with no lift), a marriage breakdown and no money to contend with, some things get a little lost in the mix. Like symptoms.
Emma Campbell bravely and honestly offers heartfelt thoughts on what happens when cancer becomes an unwelcome guest at an already crowded party.
After having her son – and a nightmare birth – the big family she longed for just didn’t happen. And so, the all-consuming rounds of IVF began. While her already shaky marriage dissolved around her, Emma continued to scrabble for the reins of her dream for another child and happy home life. Then, just like buses, they all came along at once.
Oh, and so did the cancer...
With the seemingly insurmountable demands of a single mum of four and cancer treatment laid out in front of her, her friends and neighbours rallied. They divided the tasks, fed her, cleaned up for her – and eventually brought in Peter Andre and the 60 Minute Makeover Team, who left her with new carpets and a new man...
In her engaging, contemporary and often hilarious voice, Emma shares her own terror and pain, mixed with the heart-warming and unexpected. The extraordinary kindness of people, the embrace of friendship and the gritty detail of fighting a life-threatening illness, all while being a single mum. She opens up about her angels and demons, losing and then unexpectedly finding love again, her constant fear of death mixed with the joy and relief of living, the anxiety of cancer returning – and then facing it when it does.
This book has grown from Emma’s blog ‘Me And My Four’. Eager to share with her followers in more detail, the secrets, the fears, the triumphs and the terrors that she faces each day, in a life as unpredictable as your own.
Advance Praise
“A story of true maternal courage in the face of an onslaught of massive life challenges, Emma Campbell is an extraordinary woman. This is a deeply felt memoir about motherhood, survival, and learning to live for today, whatever life throws at you.”
– CLOVER STROUD, author of The Wild Other
“It’s a love story, actually. How people come together in love when it matters, when you hit your rock bottom. It’s a love letter to Emma’s kids, her family, her friends and her partner, but also to herself. There wasn’t one chapter that left me dry-eyed – it’s a full-on rollercoaster of a read, and full of Emma’s kind soulfulness.”
– GRACE TIMOTHY, author of Mum Face
“...a true fighter, survivor and inspiration... she is someone I’ll remember for a lifetime.”
– PETER ANDRE, singer and presenter
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781907324895 |
| PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Julie H, Reviewer
One of the best of its kind - a superb memoir.
I've read quite a few cancer memoirs before. This was one of the best I have read, and it contains so much more-it doesn't just focus on her cancer and treatment. This lady has the diagnosis only months after giving birth to triplets. She also has another older son. Emma and French partner Marc had wanted another baby, and after miscarriages, they ended up going the IVF route-then one baby turned out three. As well as the enormous task of looking after all the babies, she has to deal with their relationship breaking up, and she also finds out she has breast cancer.
This was a very good book, so well-written, incredibly honest, and an unexpectedly easy read concerning the subject matter. There was so much more in it, so much more than a cancer journey. She has had so much to get through, and all at the same time. It had a good balance-the hard news and then happier, nostalgic memories of childhood and family life. There isn't too much detail about the chemo, radiotherapy, and mastectomy and reconstruction surgeries.
It's definitely not all gloom-it was uplifting too. She tells of after treatment ends; getting back to living her life to the full again, starting new things. It really was a superb memoir. There was a beautiful love story in there too; a fairy tale romance-and a hilarious ending to their short break away! One of the best memoirs I've read recently.
Pat S, Reviewer
This is a story about an extraordinary woman. Emma has written this honest and soul searching book which tells of her terrible journey through cancer. Emma already had one young child, recently split up from her partner, and just a few months after giving birth to triplets is diagnosed with breast cancer. She then faces the enormous task of going through all the treatments whilst coping with the above. It is a story of immense courage and fantastic support from family and friends, but with plenty of laughter and tears. Emma is an inspiration to others and a true survivor.
Thanks to NetGalley and Mirror books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.
Janet P, Reviewer
An emotional inspirational story where Emma still manages to make the reader laugh through her darkest times.
Exceptional !!
Literary R, Reviewer
What a privilege it has been to read and review Emma Campbell’s All That Followed: A True Story of Triplets, Friends, Cancer, Love, Loss and Laughter. Emma experienced a true Job experience and came through whole, which she describes so beautifully in this inspirational, often hilarious and ever engrossing memoir. Highly recommended! 5/5
Pub Date 09 Aug 2018
Thanks to Mirror Books and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.
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Annette H, Librarian
A True Story of Triplets, Friends, Cancer, Love, Loss and Laughter. This was such a privilege to get to read. I am deeply moved by this family’s journey. I hope everyone out there fighting the fight gets a chance to read this book. Emma is an extraordinary woman.
Aine O, Reviewer
It feels a bit odd to sit down and write a review of someone's memoir, it's not like they've generally had much control over what's happened in their life. That's what really strikes me about Emma, the universe literally shat upon her from a height, secondary infertility, triplets, difficult marriage breakdown and then cancer on top. This could easily have been a "misery memoir" but it isn't, it's a lovely tale of hope and friendship. Mostly hope and I wish her a nice peaceful future.
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