image of person or book cover 3123602063762475727.jpg
Image courtesy of publisher's website.
y separately published work icon Heartstrong single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Heartstrong
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'If not with you, then for you.'

'It was a perfect Wednesday morning when Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin kissed his partner, Ellidy, goodbye to go spearfishing. Most days Ellidy would go to the beach too, but that day she didn't. Later, there was a knock at the door. A man had been found unconscious on the ocean floor. It was Chumpy.

'From that moment, Ellidy's world stopped. There was deep grief, disbelief and then the gradual realisation that this was real. Life was forever changed. Ellidy's partner of eight years, a World Champion snowboarder, a man of energy and music, was gone. And so was the life they had built together and the dream of the child they had been trying for. In the hours that followed a suggestion was made, did Ellidy want to harvest Chumpy's sperm and try for the baby they both wanted so deeply? There was a ticking clock and the need to speak to family and friends. They had thirty-six hours before it would be too late. Family, friends, lawyers and doctors helped to give Ellidy the chance to keep a small part of Chumpy alive.

'Sorrow meant it took Ellidy a number of months to be strong enough to start IVF. The first round didn't work. But the second did.This powerful memoir will share Chumpy, Ellidy and their daughter, Minnie's, story.'(Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2022 .
      image of person or book cover 3123602063762475727.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 336p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2022
      ISBN: 9780733649219
Form: audiobook
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2023 .
      image of person or book cover 7975043594629747679.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 6 hrs and 22 minsp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 July 2023
      ISBN: 9780733649295

Other Formats

Last amended 20 Jun 2024 13:09:46
X