Review of Free and Fearless
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Review of Free and Fearless
Addison’s disease is a disorder that occurs when the body produces insufficient amounts of certain hormones produced by the adrenal glands. Free and Fearless is a book by a father, Phil Moser, who saw his inspirational daughter, Brittany Moser, suffer and die from this disease. It is an inspirational and emotional true story narrated from the author’s point of view. It is a small read with a few pages and some short chapters.
The story starts when the author is on an adventure at Sky Pond in the Rocky Mountain National Park. This adventure was inspired by his late daughter. He was accompanied by many of his late daughter’s friends. We are then taken to the time when Brittany was still young and the special character she had. The way she helped her softball team win the tournament and her experience during her high school are then shown. Her going to college and starting a career in video production and her change of careers to a flight attendant where she gets wonderful adventures are then talked about.
Hashimoto’s disease that stops her flight attendant career and the list of places in America that she wanted to visit with her father that she got from a blog post is then talked about. Then we see her final days after knowing that she had Addison’s disease. The book ends with her father, Phil, showing us how he completed her list and how people took her story whenever he talked about it.
What I liked most about this book is that it enables the reader to know more about America. The various adventures in this book allow the reader to know about interesting places in America like Chautauqua Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Kenosha Pass and Glenwood Springs. We also see things like how one feels when seeing the Vancouver sunset from a pilot’s point of view. I got a chance of knowing some rare diseases like Addison’s and Hashimoto’s diseases. The book is written in a way that is easy to flow and understand as the author tries to describe some difficult words that may give the reader a hard time to comprehend.
I disliked it that the book has many images that are not labelled. The images increase on the reader’s imagination and understanding of the story, but most of them lacked descriptions to help the reader know what is in them. It is exceptionally well edited. I came across no errors as I was reading.
A 5 out of 5 stars rating is suitable for this book. I am rating it like that because of its emotional and inspirational nature. I recommend it to people who would like to experience the death of a loved one in a positive way. Those wanting to know more about America will also like it.
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