Every Breath I Take

Thank u for the inspiration!

This is a story told with extraordinary honesty, candor, and detail by Claire Wineland about many of her most significant experiences with Cystic Fibrosis. I do not remember how I came across her website, but I was immediately captivated by her brilliant personality upon viewing her vlogs. This is a very intelligent girl who is very good at being a teenager. She has a delightfully off-beat sense of humor and outgoing personality that has often made me forget that she has a progressive disease. At the same time, she must be close to attaining self-actualization. Her self-awareness is almost unheard-of for a girl of her young, vulnerable age. It is very moving how open she is about her struggles and even about personal weaknesses and flaws. It is evident that she is speaking from her heart in order to share her story not to make herself look good, but to share a vivid and transparent picture of her experiences for the benefit and personal growth of both sick and "healthy" people alike.She has gained lots of national and international attention through not just her website and vlog, but also through actual television and radio features and interviews. Despite this, she has remained a "normal" teenager and keeps extraordinarily busy with many things, not the least of which is Claire's Place Foundation, the goal of which is to educate people suffering from her disease, and to help CF families with funding for a variety of necessities. In this small book, she goes into a dense and enlightening amount of detail about her experience launching her Foundation, her coma experience (she had a 1% chance of survival), as well as her inner emotional experience, which was rocky at times, as to be expected. In fact, Claire shares much more detail in the book than is possible on her vlogs. One comes away from her book much more enlightened about her experiences and how these have helped her to grow as a person. In her latest vlog update, she makes it clear that the writing in is book is from her perspective (in other words, it is HER writing). After reading her book, this is obvious to me because I can detect her "voice" after having viewed so many of her vlogs. Her friend merely helped her to be more concise in her writing.To conclude, Claire beautifully expresses her life experience in this book. I have found myself rereading certain parts of this book for inspiration, and each time I do so, I am stunned by the depth of her thoughts and feelings. Among many things, by reading this book one can tell she is a true philosopher. In this world, this is something quite beautiful to achieve for someone so young.

Claire had so much wisdom for one so young like a old soul in a young body. I remember her father saying that after she woke from her coma she was like that. I'm not normally a fast reader but I gobbled up this book it was riveting. I had a friend who died yrs ago with it so was insightful and comforting to know how he might have felt but didn't convey.With all of that is why I gave it the the highest rating I could. I'm 61 and totally enjoyed it.

The thoughts in this book are really useful for me. I am battling Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer, and her beautiful perspectives changed my life forever.I am glad that you left this beautiful legacy here. You are helping me in many ways. I also thank the family for raising such a great person.Thank you so much. This book heals me in so many ways :)

I cannot say enough good things about this book. I loved it, my girls loved it, we all just loved it. As a mom of two children with Cystic Fibrosis, I found this book to be uplifting and positive. Claire's message is such a good one. She not only tells her story, she tells everyone's story who lives with this disease in the most positive way possible. It's my opinion that everyone living with a chronic illness, not just CF, as well as their caregivers would benefit from her words of wisdom. I would even go so far as to say that EVERYONE in general should live this way, which is in the present. I'm thinking of buying a few extra copies to give to my girl's teachers because she gives the reader such a clear visual of what a CF kid has to go through every day just to stay as healthy as possible. Yes, it's a serious disease but Claire gives us all hope that we don't have to sit around waiting for the next infection. Such a positive message from such a special girl. I give it a million thumbs up. :)

I found the book to be overpriced. It is more like a sample than a full book. Salt in my Soul by Mallory Smith is a better book and value.

This book was magnificent, I loved watching all of Claire’s videos she made. And her book did not disappoint, I enjoyed every page of it. She was a very bright and forward thinking girl. Definitely a must read 😁

"look at it, look at it, so that you know to buy it,go buy it, go get that book, ok good"

I read this book after watching Claire's TED talk and it is just as endearing and engaging as her speeches. Highly recommend it.

I'm 67, have poor eyesight and a tendency to feel a little sort for myself. I've had what I've thought of as a pretty hard life, and lately I have been less than thrilled about taking a pretty minor does Of high blood pressure medication. But reading this book and seeing Claire's videos has totally gotten me over myself. I feel blessed, and it's largely due to her. I see now that all the difficulties I've faced had made me a better person, and I really have so much to be thankful for. The big moment for me came when I watched a video in which she asked her mother to do an imitation of her, and the woman obliged by copying one of Claire's coughing fits. Claire laughed so hard that she literally fell off her chair and out of the camera shot - a literal case of ROTFLMAO. Changed my life. Thanks so much, Claire, and God bless you. You are truly and Earth angel.

Very good. Encapsulated everything pretty neatly. A bit short though (very lean), so don’t be surprised. Great cause!

I am really proud of you, Claire. Eventhough you reached the god, you are still living with our hearts through your philosophy

She is such a wise girl and I learned so many essentail things from her. I am very sad she died