FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

How far would you go for someone you love…on a unicycle?

Hachette Australia is delighted to announce the publication of Love Your Sister by Connie and Samuel Johnson in November 2014.

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Published by Hachette Australia in November 2014, trade paperback RRP $32.99; e-book RRP $19.99

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A searingly honest memoir of family, love, cancer…and unicycles by the founders of the Love Your Sister Charity, Connie and Samuel Johnson.

Brother and sister team, Samuel and Connie Johnson have always been close. Faced with the news that they would soon be separated forever, they made a decision.

At the age of 33, Connie was diagnosed with breast cancer. Having already survived cancer twice in her young life, this time it was a whole different ball game. This time she will die, leaving behind her two beautiful young sons. As a young mum faced with her own death, she wanted to make a difference, and she knew just the way to do it ─ send her brother, Aussie actor Samuel Johnson, on a one-wheeled odyssey around Australia.

Why?

• To break the world record for longest distance travelled on a
• unicycle
• To raise $1 million for the Garvan Institute
• To encourage young mums to be breast aware

Their message is simple; don’t fall into the booby trap, be breast aware!

Samuel has pedalled all around Australia on a unicycle, raising money and raising awareness to make sure people get the message. He travelled through every state and capital city, to Australia’s eastern-most and western-most points, our country’s highest and lowest places, and has ridden more than 15 000kms, smashing the existing world record.

Love Your Sister reveals Connie’s fourth, and secret aim; to fix Samuel. Their story tells how Samuel cleared his diary, cleaned himself up, and kept his promise to his dying sister. All the boxes are now ticked, nearly $2 million already in the research bank and many young mums have been diagnosed with early - treatable breast cancer because of Connie and Samuel.

The Love Your Sister Charity…it’s a great cause. Sam’s a great guy. – Guy Pearce
Samuel, I take my hat off to you…big heart, big life, big love. – Cathy Freeman

So is the job done?

No.

Two million dollars is not enough, they are determined to keep up the fight. Connie vows to fight ‘tilher dying day, and Sam says the fight will go on a lot longer than that.
In their book, Love Your Sister, these two remarkable Australians share their tale, from their childhood, throughto the finish line and beyond in this truly unique story. Part memoir, part travel diary, part conversation, Love Your Sister is an inspiring and unforgettable book that shows just how far oneman will go for his sister.

A portion of the profit from each copy sold will go directly to The Garvan Institute.

Samuel Johnson is an Australian Actor with 20 years’ experience, best known for his work on The Secret Life of Us, Crackerjack, Underbelly II, and Ten’s Rush. In recent times he is more proud of his work as a breast cancer advocate and determined unicyclist.

Connie Johnson is a wife and mother of two beautiful boys. She has worked in the disability sector for 10 years and since her terminal diagnosis spends her time with her family, advocating on breast cancer issues…. and seeing just how much torture her brother will endure before he says no.

Follow Connie and Samuel on Facebook , Twitter - @loveyoursister and Instagram

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For further information about Love Your Sister, please contact Alice Wood at Hachette Australia on 02 8248 0883 or alice.wood@hachette.com.au