The 50-Year Secret

<p>“A beautiful journey with a powerful message.” <strong>—Andy Chaleff author of <em>The Last Letter</em></strong></p><p><strong>Julie MacNeil is 6’4” and although she is neither a WNBA athlete nor a famous model she has a remarkable story to tell. </strong>As an adopted child she always wondered about the parents who gave her up. After overcoming a challenging childhood and surviving two tumultuous marriages a chance DNA test revealed an incredibly rare and life-threatening liver-lung disease. Julie then embarked on a difficult journey to find her birth family. Her goal was to warn them about the disease which is highly genetic and often undiagnosed. What followed was a miraculous sequence of events and a remarkable homecoming.</p>