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REPAIRING RAINBOWS

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Lynda Fishman

ISBN: 0986607401

Paperback, 303 pages

A True Story

A True Story of Family, Tragedy, and Choices At thirteen years old, Lynda’s life comes to a disastrous halt when her mother and two younger sisters are killed in a plane crash. Her father, overcome by despair, simply continues to exist, in a state devoid of hope. After burying a wife and two young children at the age of 44, the overwhelming responsibility of raising a daughter alone completely immobilizes him.
Teetering on that tender brink between childhood and adolescence, Lynda faces the responsibility of a father in a complete state of shock, a house to take care of and hundreds of decisions about how to proceed with their shattered lives.
In Repairing Rainbows she candidly describes the agonizing memories, deafening silence and endless hardships that are the fallout of incredible loss. As we follow her through marriage, motherhood and her own spiritual journey, Lynda reveals her complex feelings of hope, anger, pity and determination. Most importantly, she learns the crucial difference between “truly living” and the existence that is so often mistaken for being alive.
A true story, written by a woman whose normal and abundant life hides a terrible past, Repairing Rainbows is loaded with important lessons to help others overcome struggles and obstacles, and fulfill their lives. It is a powerful, captivating, riveting and easy-to-read story that will undoubtedly touch the hearts of its readers.

Lynda Fishman's Bio:

Barry has spent his entire career working in the health care and pharmaceutical industry. He is PresidIn 1970, when she was thirteen years old, Lynda’s life came to a disastrous halt when her mother and two younger sisters were killed in an Air Canada plane crash.

As a young teen, Lynda made a conscious decision to become happy and to lead a fulfilled life. Lynda chose to live. She was committed to learning, growing and making a difference. Determined to find meaning and purpose in her life, she managed to muster up the courage and strength to dream big, to be idealistic, to strive for more, and to live a meaningful life where she could make a difference in the lives of others.

Lynda Fishman is a trained clinical social worker who has spent over twenty years as a camp director. In the early 90s, Lynda was one of the first camp directors in the Toronto area to incorporate children with special needs into mainstream camp life. Lynda has devoted a lifetime to organized camping and is passionate about the positive role of camping in a person’s life. She is the owner and director of Adventure Valley Day Camp.

Lynda is a motivational and inspirational speaker and facilitator. She has published articles and training manuals on leadership, teamwork, bullying, trust, childhood health and wellness, communication and customer service.

Lynda’s husband, Barry Fishman, has his own amazing story to share, having been orphaned at age 17 and left alone to care for his brother with special needs. Lynda and Barry met as teenagers and have been together since then. They have three grown children, and the whole family is heavily involved in supporting children dealing with tragedy, cancer or other life-threatening diseases, fund-raising and charity events.ent and CEO of the Canadian operations for the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical company, Teva Pharmaceuticals. Barry serves on the Board of Directors of the Childhood Cancer Foundation.

Lynda is a woman of action. She has incredible enthusiasm for life. She is persistent, focused and faithful to her dreams and goals. She is willing to work for everything with patience, optimism and determination. She finds ways to be grateful and positive. Lynda goes out there and does what she has to do with a CAN DO attitude of gratitude, positivity, compassion, and honesty.

MY THOUGHT:

At thirteen years of age Lynda alone with her grandparents, parents and two younger sisters were preparing for a trip by plane.  The father had to wait a week before he could go and she went first with her grandparents to get the apartment ready for the family to vacation in.  Her mother and two younger sisters Carla and Wendy were coming the next day.

After they had arrived and had the apartment cleaned a phone call came and they were told that the plane Lynda's Mother and sisters were on had crashed.  They later learned that they all were dead.  What a sad time for them all, had to believed as they could not even do a funeral until some part of the remains were found and identified.  Soon the youngest little girl was identified and then the very sad thing of the Jewish funeral for precious little Wendy.  They when the mother and Carla were identified another round of a Jewish funeral.  This would stay with Lynda all her life.

Her father was never the same and years later he remarried but as the storybooks say, Lynda had a bad step-mom.  She was rich but had to have everything her way and Lynda's father just went alone as he was still so broken and not his self. 

This story was so touching and so sad to me, I just wanted to cry alone with Lynda.  I can relate to her in some ways as my dad died when I was eight but my Mother didn't re-marry but we had a hard life.  There were ten of us but I am the youngest and now have had to watch eight of them and my Mother die.

Thanks so much to Tribute Books for sending me this book to read and review.