If I Die Before I Sleep: An Inspiring Historical Novel - 9780983490609

Sara Riley and Eduard Strobl have very little in common, but they share one unenviable bond; they are about to die. Though separated by centuries and oceans, their lives will soon converge through one mysterious disease.New York, 2010: Eighteen-year-old Sara Riley is a fairly typical teenage girl. She causes a firestorm, however, when she becomes pregnant with her friend Kyle's baby. Sara loves Kyle, but her parents disapprove. Kyle Hertz is jaded teen on the verge of a music career, but must grow up in a hurry, for the struggle of these two teens is about to get worse-much worse. Their lives will take on new purpose when, Sara learns she has Fatal Familial Insomnia-- a rare disease that will leave her fighting to survive long enough to give birth to her child, with or without Kyle's love and support. Vienna, 1786: Eduard Strobl does not know what horror afflicts him. Eduard is a loving father, and proud businessman, but unbeknownst to him, he is the "patient zero" Sara's doctor referred to when explaining the history of the bizarre disease. As the first person to have Fatal Familial Insomnia, Eduard must suffer sleeplessness, paranoia, and hallucinations in ignorance, the only help coming from his frustrated wife Nadine, a superstitious priest, and the Viennese asylum that taunts him on his way to work everyday: the Tower of Fools. His afflictions will lead him to the brink of insanity and threaten to tear his family apart. In the tradition of writers like Jodie Piccoult, Tower of Fools brings you into the heart of two very different, yet similarly desperate lives in the first full-length literary novel about this strange illness. And yet, it is not merely about a disease, but a journey towards the inevitable, and about precious bonds straining amidst a sudden and relentless chaos. Can two fragile souls bear the burden of a life without sleep? Without love? And can their loved ones handle the heartache of watching them suffer without hope? Will Sara live long enough to bear her child? Will Eduard loose everything he holds dear?

• | Author: Erick Blore
• | Publisher: Eclectry Books
• | Publication Date: Jul 19, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 290 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0983490600
• | ISBN-13: 9780983490609