Silent Determination, by Peter Cahill

One woman's battle to survive and thrive with a rare brain disease.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to the WBZ book Club. Highlighting today
a memoir by a local writer, Peter Cayhill very moving
account of faith, resilience, and love called Silent Determination. One
Woman's Battle to Survive and Thrive with a rare brain disease.
The woman was Peter's wife, Andrea, who was diagnosed at
a young age in the nineteen eighties with a rare
neurological disease neurofibromatosis, also known as NF two. Over the

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next three and a half decades, Angela and her husband
Peter dealt with challenge after challenge, living their lives with
as much optimism as possible despite the condition that left
her deaf and robbed her of much of her health.
Andrea started a business, raised two children, and kept her
sense of humor throughout. Peter shares the intensity of being
around the clock caregiver, reminding readers in a very poignant

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way that the three most important virtues are indeed, faith, hope,
and charity. I had the honor of narrating the audiobook,
which will soon be available Silent Determination, One Woman's Battle
to Survive and Thrive with a rare brain Disease by
Peter Cahill, The Book Club, WZ Austin's news radio