Laura Rothenberg
Encyclopedia
Early life
Rothenberg grew up in New York CityNew York City
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. She attended The Chapin School in Manhattan and then Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
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Work
Rothenberg authored Breathing for a LivingBreathing for a Living
Breathing for a Living is a memoir written by the late Laura Rothenberg in which she tells the story of her battle with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder which proves fatal in most cases, and her ultimate decision of opting to undergo a lung transplant....
, a memoir about her fight with cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disease affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine...
and her subsequent double lung transplant. Her audio book, My So-Called Lungs: A Young Girl's Diary of Living with Dying from Cystic Fibrosis, aired on NPR on August 5, 2002.
List of works
- Breathing for a LivingBreathing for a LivingBreathing for a Living is a memoir written by the late Laura Rothenberg in which she tells the story of her battle with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder which proves fatal in most cases, and her ultimate decision of opting to undergo a lung transplant....
, 2003 ISBN 1-4013-0059-6 - My So-Called Lungs, 2002