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Awesome Ride

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Year 2019 Edition year
Pages 336 Mid-length read
Vibe heartbreaking hopeful

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Best for readers who...

Good fit if you want...

  • You follow medical memoirs and hospital-ward narratives about congenital heart disease.
  • You were touched by Shaun Miller’s 2012 YouTube clip and want the fuller family story.

Maybe skip if...

  • You prefer upbeat celebrity memoirs rather than candid accounts of repeated surgeries.
  • You avoid detailed hospital and transplant descriptions central to Cameron Miller’s narrative.

Mood / Vibe Tags

heartbreaking hopeful intimate Weekend read Established title

Summary

Cameron Miller and Andrew Clarke chronicle Shaun Miller’s life with Congenital Heart Disease—from infancy surgeries and a second transplant at thirteen to a viral 2012 YouTube message and Shaun’s final efforts to inspire others.

Edition on file: 2019 • Random House Australia|Ebury Australia • 336 pages • ISBN 9780143788133.

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Reading commitment

Balanced Moderate time

Balanced commitment. Enough room to develop without feeling like a marathon.

What stands out here

The clearest standout is the reading lane it sits in: heartbreaking • hopeful.

Best way to approach it

Best approached in a couple of steady sittings rather than in constant tiny fragments.

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A father's account of living alongside his son Shaun Miller’s 1,000 medical procedures, resilience, and public hope after a viral YouTube moment.

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