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Author:

Kram, Mark, Jr.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

vi, 261 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Miley, Buddy,--1956-1997--Health.
Miley, Jimmy.
Brothers--Death--Biography.
People with disabilities--United States--Biography.
Quadriplegics--United States--Biography.
Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.
Kevorkian, Jack.

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.

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.

ISBN:

1466802219 (ebk.)
9781466802216 (ebk.)
0312650035 (hbk.)
9780312650032 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)757474720

LCCN:

2012004620

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