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"Compelling Memoir" "Women's History Month" "Five-Star Read!" Fingerprintz
One Woman's Journey Through Loss, Love, and Very Little Babies
Fingerprintz
A candid look at the challenges, losses, and hard choices women face as they juggle work, relationships, and motherhood.
Fingerprintz
One Woman's Journey Through Love Loss and Very Little Babies
In this compelling memoir, Lisa Printz Roday begins her narrative with the sudden death of her forty-seven-year-old father. Rather than crush the twenty-one-year-old Printz Roday, it is the pivotal moment that sustains her in each new crisis she faces, including two harrowing preterm births. With remarkable candor, a little dry humor, and plenty of heart, Printz Roday explores how the experiences that shake us to our core can make us stronger than we could ever imagine. She teaches us that grief, however heavy, can give way to grit and determination, fill us with a deep sense of gratitude, and soften and shape us. No matter where you are in your journey, this book will inspire you to stay the course to a place of light. A truly five-star read!
What People are Saying
"Printz Roday's memoir brilliantly recounts the harrowing tales of her encounters with health care in America--first trying to save her beloved father's life, later enduring incredible challenges with fertility and childbirth, including DOUBLE trips through neonatal intensive care with two premature sons in quick succession. A gripping read and a tribute to human resilience."
--Anne Holton, Former Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia
"An early parental death, problem pregnancies, micro preemie births. Printz Roday offers her challenging journey as a companion for others to carry as they face their own obstacles. Feel stronger bearing witness to her strength, inspired by understanding her fortitude and lifted by her hopefulness. Fingerprintz will help you keep walking."
--Sara Long, Former Director of Program Services, March of Dimes, Virginia Chapter
"With raw honesty and subtle insight, Lisa Printz Roday explores the complexities of grief, resilience and the unseen battles behind the lives of those who appear to have it all together. This powerful story asks the question: why do some emerge stronger from tragedy, while others are broken by it?"
--Tim Kaine, United States Senator
“Lisa Roday’s book is essential reading for anyone who has ever lost a parent, cuddled a newborn, spent time in a hospital and made decisions that can change the course of their life. And even if you haven’t experienced all of these things, there is plenty to engage and entice in this book. I couldn’t put it down. Lisa Roday’s fierce instinct to protect her children, her loyalty to her father, and her courage in the face of tragedy, make for an inspiring and suspenseful read. Read this book. You’ll be the better for it.”
--Suzanne Raitt
“Lisa's writing style is warm and welcoming, and she weaves through the decades of a life lost, lives saved by the wonders of modern medicine and the love she found along the way. I found myself laughing one minute and then crying just a few pages later. And this happened multiple times. Once I started reading, it was hard for me to put the book down. Her gift for storytelling captivated me as she recounted her lifelong journey.”
--Rob P.
About the Author
Lisa Printz Roday is a former matrimonial lawyer who practiced in New York City for nearly 15 years. After relocating to Virginia in 1997, she created the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program at one of the busiest neonatal intensive care units in Central Virginia. As its first Specialist, for over five years Printz Roday brought her personal experiences as a NICU parent to the role and became an invaluable bridge between parents and the medical team. Her work earned her recognition as the Virginia March of Dimes Employee of the Year. Her data-driven efforts to enhance the use of skin-to-skin contact between new parents and their tiny infants, also known as kangaroo care, resulted in an award-winning, published abstract and became the standard of care in hospitals nationwide. Printz Roday has been an entrepreneur and business owner since 2011. In addition, she has nearly four decades of non-profit board experience. She lives in Henrico, Virginia with her husband.
Watch A Conversation with Lisa
Lisa sat down for a conversation with Elizabeth Hill at Green Heart Living Press to discuss Fingerprintz.