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Published : Tuesday 18 December 2018
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Winner of the Christopher Award: This bestseller tells the inspirational true story of a girl with cerebral palsy and the mother who wouldnâ?Tt give up on her. A 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. A Written by Karenâ?Ts mother, Marie, this memoir is a profound and heartwarming personal account of a young motherâ?Ts efforts to refute the medical establishmentâ?Ts dispiriting advice, and her daughterâ?Ts extraordinary triumph over seemingly insurmountable odds. Marieâ?Ts activism spread awareness of the mistreatment of disabled people in America and led to the formation of multiple foundations, including United Cerebral Palsy. A A larger-than-life story, Karen tells of a familyâ?Ts courage, patience, and struggle in the face of extreme difficulty. The New York Times wrote, â?oYouâ?Tll want to read it most for Karenâ?Ts own words: â?~I can walk, I can talk. I can read. I can write. I can do anything.â?Tâ?? A
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