Walking Isn't Everything | 
 enlarge | Author: Jean Denecke
Publisher: Crystal Dreams Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 234296
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 220
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1591461928
EAN: 9781591461920
ASIN: 1591461928
Publication Date: January 1, 2009 (New: This Week)
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Product Description
Walking Isn't Everything was written by Jean Denecke about her experience of living with polio. This book discusses what it was like to get polio, her experiences with various hospitals and doctors, and her experience in the Roosevelt Foundation facility in Warm Springs, Georgia. Giving a glimpse of how the delivery of medical services have changed since the polio epidemics of the early 1950s, the book describes what it was like to be a woman with a disability in that era. Even though she was hospitalized for a long time, after going to Warm Springs, she was able to return to her home where she continued in her role as a wife and mother, and later started her own business. Walking Isn't Everything is more than just a biography of one remarkable woman - it is a story of courage, determination, and love.
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Fascinating and Inspirational November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A beautiful, healthy young wife and mother is stricken and completely paralyzed by a case of polio that leaves no part of her body unaffected. The year is 1947, eight years too early for the Salk vaccine that would have prevented this tragedy.
This first-person account describes in detail her reaction, progress, and how she gradually coped with the fact that, although she would slowly regain some limited use of her hands and arms, this lovely, spirited young woman would never walk again.
I think this book has an inspirational message of hope for anyone who is suddenly disabled due to accident or illness, as well as to those of us more fortunate. It is written with intelligence, and through it all, the feisty personality of the author shines through. I found it hard to put down, and would recommend it to anyone.
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