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by Marie Killilea

Winner of the Christopher Award, this bestseller tells the inspirational true story of a girl with cerebral palsy. Written by Karen's mother, this memoir is a profound and heartwarming personal account of a young mother's efforts to refute the medical establishment's dispiriting advice, and her daughter's extraordinary triumph over seemingly insurmountable odds.

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  • Title Karen: A True Story Told by Her Mother
  • Author Marie Killilea
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 346
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Open Road Integrated Media LLC
  • Date 2018-12-18
  • ISBN 9781504053303 / 1504053303
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.25 x 0.77 in (20.32 x 13.34 x 1.96 cm)
  • Reading level 970
  • Themes
    • Topical: Family
    • Topical: Physically Challenged
  • Library of Congress subjects Cerebral palsy, Killilea, Karen
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Marie Killilea is the author of two bestselling books, Karen and With Love from Karen. In 1940, Marie's daughter Karen was born three months premature, measuring only nine inches and weighing less than two pounds. It would take years for doctors to diagnose her with cerebral palsy, and even more to find proper treatment. When the family was told that they should put her in an asylum and forget about her, which was what many others did at the time, they refused and instead took on the daunting challenge of treating her at home. Confined to a wheelchair since her teens, Karen learned to walk with crutches, write, and even swim, after years of painstaking work. She later became a receptionist at the Trinity Retreat House in Larchmont, New York, where she worked for almost forty years. Marie died in 1991, followed by her husband two years later. Karen resides in an accessible apartment in Larchmont, living a happy life, continuing to be an inspiration to all around her.

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