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18 X 11 CM-16TH DELL PRINTING- " Winner of the Christopher Award: This bestseller tells the inspirational true story of a girl with cerebral palsy and a mother who wouldn't give up on her. In 1940, when Karen Killilea was born three months premature and developed cerebral palsy, doctors encouraged her parents to put her in an institution and forget about her. At the time, her condition was considered untreatable, and institutionalization was the only recourse. But in a revolutionary act of faith and love, the Killileas never gave up hope that Karen could lead a successful life. Written by Karen's mother, Marie, 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. Marie's activism spread awareness of the mistreatment of disabled people in America and led to the formation of multiple foundations, including United Cerebral Palsy. A…
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Karen: A True Story Told by Her Mother Paperback - 2018
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
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- Topical: Family
- Topical: Physically Challenged
- Library of Congress subjects Cerebral palsy, Killilea, Karen
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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