Sunshine

Alternate Titles

• ''Sunshine'' Based on Universal Studios Television Movie

Description

**Based on the true story of , that was made into a memorable Television movie.--Fr.Cvr** A young woman, Jacquelyn M. Helton, died in 1971 of a rare form of cancer. Osteosarcoma (OS), or osteogenic sarcoma (OGS) (or simply, bone cancer) is a cancerous tumor in a bone. The final 18 months of her life she kept a tape recorded diary as a legacy for her young daughter. **Inspired by this remarkable girl's story, and based closely on her diary, Universal Studios produced a stunning motion picture which will be remembered as an outstanding television event of 1973.** It received rave reviews, and the New York Times called it **"One of the Year's Best Specials."** ***Norma Klein's novel has been written from the actual diary and from Carol Sobieski's script of this motion picture.*** Pg 2 of July 1982 edition

Description

Sunshine is about a young woman with terminal cancer and was based upon a true story, taken from the young woman's tape-recorded diary. Stricken with fatal cancer, eighteen year-old Jacquelyn M. Helton describes her thoughts and her life with her husband and baby, during the brief period prior to her death, Nov. 10, 1972.

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Other Editions

• Sunshine: A tender story of what it is to be young, a mother, in love, and dying.PaperbackAvon Books, a div. of The Hearst Corp./Published by arrngmt w/the Jennifer Elizabeth Helton Trust & Alskog, Inc.1982-07-01
• SunshineAvon1974-01-01
• Saa kort et liv.Gyldendal1975-01-01
• SunshineHardcoverHenry Holt & Co1975-10-01
• SunshineHenry Holt & Co1975-10-01
• SunshineMacdonald1984-01-01