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Like Any Normal Day: A Story Of Devotion (2012)

by Mark Kram Jr.(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0312650035 (ISBN13: 9780312650032)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: This is a powerful story told by a journalist who first wrote an article about this boy's tragic football injury. It's a heartbreaking story and should give everyone pause about the rate of head, neck, brain, and spinal cord injuries in football. Also, this involves issues of choosing to die, so makes for a provocative case study. While the story is gripping and you feel as if you come to know the main people in the story, I would have wished for a bit more context and background about football injuries, spinal cord research, and the ethics/politics of the right to die. It may have slowed the narrative somewhat, but I think it would have really broadened this book so that it was more than one family's tragic story.
review 2: WOW! I could not put this book dow... moren. It was an emotional read throughout. If you have a son who loves the game of football, like I do, it may be difficult. I realize times have changed, preventive measures have been put in place and medical personnel are better trained but things happen. I pray my family never has to experience something like this.Without giving anything away, the medical advancements that have taken place over the years for paralyzed patients is unreal. The sacrifices and devotion this family endured is very touching. One statement in the book that brother Bob made hit home, "try it yourself: Sit in one place for an hour and not move, not if you have an itch or even if you have to go to the bathroom. Now imagine doing that for years." This book also brings up the argument of euthanasia. If you disagree with physician assisted suicide, read this book, you might change your mind. Thank you to the Miley family for sharing their profound story. less

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