Laura Rothenberg | |
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Born | February 3, 1981 |
Died | March 20, 2003 | (aged 22)
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Notable work(s) | Breathing for a Living |
Laura Elizabeth Rothenberg (February 3, 1981 - March 20, 2003) was an author.
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Rothenberg grew up in New York City. She attended The Chapin School in Manhattan and then Brown University.
Rothenberg authored Breathing for a Living, a memoir about her fight with cystic fibrosis and her subsequent double lung transplant. Her audio book, My So-Called Lungs: A Young Girl's Diary of Living with Dying from Cystic Fibrosis, aired on NPR on August 5, 2002.