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Dying to Live is about facing challenges. Being miserable. Finding faith. Letting go and learning to trust. It is the inspiring story of Gaea Shaw's journey from heart transplant recipient to gold medal winner at the Olympic-style Transplant Games. But Gaea's story is much more than that. Her gift to her readers is that she encourages us to see that we all face challenges-and that each of us can experience an abundant life, filled with gratitude, no matter what the odds.

What People are Saying About "Dying to Live":

"Gaea Shaw gives her readers a transplant of love in her new book, Dying to Live: From Heart Transplant to Abundant Life. This is an important work for anyone who may be considering organ transplant, organ donation, transplant care-giving, or simply living more intensively. Shaw has brought into view the complexity of the transplant experience in a superbly poignant and human way."
-Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Author of With Roots in Heaven: One Woman's Passionate Journey into the Heart of Her Faith

"A compelling story. Shaw's unplanned and unpredictable journey into the world of heart transplants transformed her as well as those around her. Her story offers potent insights into the experience of illness that will inform doctors, patients, and families."
-Dr. Danielle Ofri, Author of Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue and Incidental Findings: Lessons from my Patients in the Art of Medicine

"I have heard a bazillion times that 'where there is a will, there is a way' but that never had a real impact on me until I read your book. I am revisiting my footsteps, looking back and reconsidering the things I had given up on because of the many rivers I could not cross, with the determination and vigour to conquer them this time around"
-Matthew Mudenda, Zambia, Africa

"Gaea's book is immensely moving, vulnerable, direct, beautifully written, very revealing of her and the intimate process she and her family went through with her heart transplant. It was incredibly raw and comprehensive in terms of their emotional experiences. Gaea's telling was not at all sentimental, and it conveyed the spiritual presence that Gaea and her husband lived in while going through such an immense initiatory ordeal. The book also took me into the depths of the utter death of everything Gaea, her husband and her child had to face. I cried a lot...thanks so much, Gaea. This book offers an inspiring transmission of love and trust in the face of one of Life's fiercest experiences. It will be an inspiration and companion to those on the journey of transplant surgery, to their families, as well as those who are called to donate the precious organs of their fallen beloveds. "
-Sheila Ann Foster, Boulder, CO

"I raced through this compelling chronicle feeling as if all of Gaea's friends, struggles and triumphs were my own. An intimate portrait of the journey of a true survivor."
-Rachelle Johnson, Lafayette, CO

"A Heroine's Journey
Gaea Shaw's account of her heart disease, heart transplant and her new life is an inspiration to anyone whose life is spinning out of control. Gaea did all the right things: healthy diet, exercise--but her heart was giving out, and she was close to death. Her courageous descent into total surrender left me in tears. Shaw doesn't spare us any of the emotional turmoil she went through during this life-threatening experience, and yet this short book is written in a clear, simple, and unsentimental style. The way she told her story adds even more power to it. For myself, I know that if I were facing such a dire medical operation, at first I would be overwhelmed with fear and confusion. But Gaea's story elicited a deeper force within me (and all of us) which has the power to carry us through our darker hours, whether we are confronting day-to-day struggles or a life-and-death crisis. "
-Chris Mohr, Denver, CO

"Life changing experience
An amazing and beautifully written account of the path Gaea embarked on in having a heart transplant. The impact on her renewed life and the ripple effect on those around her. Her account is clear and moving, equally so are the accounts of those who share her experience, especially the donor family. This book moved me greatly, a must read by anyone looking toward organ transplant, and anyone considering donating. "
-Gail M. Kenney, Loveland, CO

"Your book brought me to tears with love for your donor family, your family, and you. I'm sure everyone who reads Dying to Live will enjoy it as much as I did! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful journey with us. "
-Linda Badias, Lafayette, CO

"What a Remarkable Story!
This is an amazing story! I went to bed reading it and woke up and finished it...was late to work and don't regret it. There are many overwhelming moments, but none like the donor mother feeling her son's heart beating inside of Gaea. What an important and beautiful story, I've never read the likes of it. "
-Ron Segal, Ojai, CA

"Grit, faith, medical marvels and swimming
Gaea Shaw has brought a very personal and physically challenging part of her life to us in her first book. Tightly written, Dying to Live gave me a sense of the difficulties of daily life she and other transplant recipients face. A daily life experience I so easily take for granted. I was humbled by Gaea's grace through the process and wept when the results of her swimming events were revealed. I highly recommend this book for those grappling with failing organs/health and waiting for a donor to read about a positive outcome....and, for the rest of us to understand how urgently organ and tissue donors are needed. "
-E. Redding

"I'm sitting here crying wonderful tears. I finished the book. It FLOWS, it's AUTHENTIC, it's SPIRITUAL, it's LOVINGLY GENEROUS, it's INSPIRING."
-Paulette Millander, San Diego, CA

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