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Like any normal day : a story of devotion / Mark Kram, Jr.

Title
Like any normal day : a story of devotion / Mark Kram, Jr.
Author
Kram, Mark, Jr.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.

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Description
vi, 261 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
In March of '97, two brothers took a plane to Detroit to secretly meet Dr. Jack Kevorkian. One of the brothers had been a quadriplegic for the past twenty-four years, fully dependent on his ailing mother for all of his needs. He'd asked his younger brother to help him end his life and relieve the burdens on his family. This is the story of love and devotion to family and what it means to let someone go at all costs.
Subject
  • Euthanasia > Ethical aspects
  • Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Health
  • Miley, Buddy, 1956-1997 > Health
  • Miley, Buddy, 1956-1997
  • Pennsylvania
  • Quadriplegics > Biography
  • Quadriplegics > Pennsylvania > Biography
  • Quadriplegics
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Awards (note)
  • PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, 2013.
Contents
Prologue: Jimmy -- Trajectories. Prayers before sleep ; Boyhood fields ; Where all the nuts lived ; Head-to-head ; Karen, are you there? ; O dear Lord -- A window on Acorn Drive. Am I paralyzed? ; Butterfly kisses ; Orange ; Nice wristbands ; Game face ; A bunch of Buddys ; Yellow roses ; Longing -- Someone to turn to. Dr. Death ; The lion and the mouse ; Alabama Karen ; Brothers ; Lingering light -- Walls of time. Moving on ; Coveted time ; Bagpipes ; The envelope.
ISBN
  • 9780312650032
  • 0312650035
  • 9781466802216
  • 1466802219
  • 9781250031358
  • 1250031354
LCCN
2012004620
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries