I Can't Breathe
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My name is Alex Bourroway and I struggle with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It's a lung disease and I can't breathe. At the moment there is no cure, only treatments. It does not define me.
I will update whenever I can, just like my other books and I love feedback, good or bad. This is my first real novel so please try and be kind. PLEADE DON'T COPY THIS BOOK IR FEEL THE WRATH OF A TEENAGE GIRL. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
This is fiction and only fiction although IPF is a real disease, Alex Bourroway is not a real person, Although she is very much so based on a real person named Alexandria Anne Rockwell who battled cystic fibrosis and died a few years ago. Most of the pictures and some of the cover arts are indeed of Alexandria Rockwell because she is my idol. She was so strong and deserved more time than she got. Breathe easy Alex.
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