Name: A Love Story Can Have No Happy Ending
Brand: Austin Macauley Publishers
SKU: 9798905250958
Author: Kathleen Piñon–Cassidy

A Love Story Can Have No Happy Ending

Autobiography, Biography & Memoir

Pages: 96 Ratings:

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*Your order will be dispatched after the publication date of 04-12-2026

This six-part memoir presents a riveting account of the author’s experiences in dealing with the loss of 5 babies, one due to an inoperable heart condition and the others to Rh disease, as well as the remarkable saving of one of her daughters by four intrauterine transfusions carried out in Winnipeg, Canada.

These stories are full of overwhelming tragedy and heartbreak, but they are also stories of resilience and hope.

The section Journey to Winnipeg describes her experience with Rh disease. After losing three babies to the condition, she traveled by Greyhound bus from San Diego to the Rh Laboratory in Winnipeg, Canada—which at the time held the world’s best survival record for treating Rh-incompatible pregnancies. Following four successful intrauterine transfusions, one daughter was born healthy.

Journey to Winnipeg is a story of tenacity and courage told with a light, humorous touch. I believe it would appeal to your readers as both a personal narrative and a significant slice of Canadian medical history. This publication would also serve as a tribute to the debt owed to the Rh Laboratory in Canada.

Kathleen Piñon–Cassidy was born in Providence, RI, on September 28, 1938. She was raised in an Irish neighborhood, attended Catholic schools and graduated from University of Rhode Island in 1960. She spent the summer of 1960 traveling and working in Switzerland, France, Italy, England, and Ireland (cared for her paternal grandmother in County Mayo until she died). Upon her return she enrolled in the Social Work Program at Fordham University in NYC and worked in the foster care department in NYC, and later in Providence after she married in 1962. She was the mother of 10 children—6 by birth and 4 by adoption, and worked as an emergency foster care mother for several years taking care of over 100 foster children. Over the years she has written a number of what she called her ‘mini stories’ about her family, and growing up in Providence, and short memoirs about the loss of 4 of her children. Memoirs of a Spanish Duck was based on her efforts to take care of the duck that one of her sons bought at a pet shop in Madrid, and secure a safe place for him.