Little Matches: A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark

Author:	O'Hara, Maryanne
Binding:	Paperback
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ISBN:	9780063027770
Publisher:	HarperOne
Language:	English
Page Count:	350
Publication Date:	4/19/2022
Size:	8.00" l x 5.30" w x 1.04"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Biography & Autobiography	Medical
Religion & Spirituality	Spirituality
Self-Help	Death, Grief, Bereavement

When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, Maryanne O’Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-one years later, Caitlin lost her battle with this devastating disease following an excruciating two-year wait on the transplant list and a last-minute race to locate a pair of healthy lungs.

The sudden spiral of events left Maryanne in an existential crisis, searching to find an answer to the eternal question: Why we are here? During her final years, Caitlin had become a source of wisdom and comfort for her mother—the partner with whom she shared a deep spiritual quest to understand what it meant to have a soul. After Caitlin’s passing, Maryanne began to notice signs—poignant, persistent synchronicities that seemed to lean toward proof of Caitlin’s enduring presence.

Weaving together a series of interconnected meditations with illuminating glimpses of life rendered via text messages, e-mails, and journal entries, Little Matches is a profound reflection on life and death, motherhood, the pain of chronic uncertainty, and finding inspiration in the unexpected sparks that light our way through the darkness.