Ebook {Epub PDF} Sun Shine Down: A Memoir by Gillian Marchenko

Gillian Marchenko's Sun Shine Down is the lyrical and heartfelt story of a mother's hard journey away from shock and denial at her newborn's Down's syndrome diagnosis toward acceptance and love. Marchenka's struggles after her daughter's birth are exacerbated by the brutally cold reception her child receives from doctors and nurses at the Ukraine hospital where Polly is born/5. Gillian Marchenko I write at the intersection of trials and truth and am the author of Still Life, A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression and Sun Shine Down. I Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.  · Sun Shine Down takes readers on a journey filled with sorrow, struggle, joy and hope. Gillian Marchenko has provided a window into her life as a mother of child with disability and has opened it with honesty and vulnerability. Completely engaging and written beautifully, readers can expect to be moved by this memoir of the heart/5(92).

When Gillian Marchenko asked me to review her memoir, Sun Shine Down, I hesitated. Gillian, you see, is my friend. Sun Shine Down is exceptionally well written. Gillian crafts elegant sentences, weaves words together in seamless harmonies, creating some gorgeous melodies. Sun Shine Down: A Memoir (Paperback or Softback). Let The Sun Shine: By Queen Sunshine Ellis-Baynes. Sun Shine Down: A Memoir by Gillian Marchenko (English) Paperback Book Free Ship. Her book, Sun Shine Down, a memoir, was published by T. S. Poetry Press earlier this month. Gillian says the world is full of people who seem to have it all together. Sun Shine Down: A Memoir, by Gillian Marchenko. Available in paperback and for Kindle at Amazon.

Gillian Marchenko is a writer and national speaker who lives in Chicago with her husband Sergei and four daughters. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Chicago Parent, Thriving Family, Gifted for Leadership, Literary Mama, Today's Christian Woman, MomSense Magazine, Charlottesville Family, EFCA Today, and the Tri-City Record. “Gillian Marchenko’s Sun Shine Down is a moving account of the birth of her third daughter, Polina. She describes her depression after Polly’s birth and her own difficulty in loving her child. Beautifully written, this memoir is hopeful without being glib.” (Susan Olasky, World magazine). Gillian Marchenko. I write at the intersection of trials and truth and am the author of Still Life, A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression and Sun Shine Down. I live near St. Louis with my husband and four daughters.