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Like Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion

Mark Kram Jr.

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Description:A profound, powerful narrative of a golden boy’s tragedy, a brother’s devotion and a woman’s complicated dilemma…. March 18, 1997 began like any normal day in the working class suburb of Warminster in southeastern Pennsylvania. Rosemarie Miley had just finished two loads of laundry when her youngest son, Jimmy, arrived to take her quadriplegic son, Buddy, to an appointment that morning with an eye doctor. Instead, the brothers drove to Philadelphia International Airport, boarded a plane to Detroit and checked in at a nondescript Quality Inn, where Jimmy delivered Buddy into the hands of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the controversial “Suicide Doctor.” There, Buddy and Jimmy ended a journey that had begun when they were boys—a remarkable story of devotion between two brothers thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Like Any Normal Day centers on Buddy Miley, who in the fall of 1973 had been a star quarterback on his high school football team, when he shattered his vertebrae in a game. In the 23 ½ years that followed, as his friends went off and had families of their own, Buddy remained at home under the care of his mother, who saw to his every need even as her own body began to break down. With the aid of Jimmy, a former pro baseball prospect for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Buddy set out on a quixotic search for a cure that included visits to specialists, and even a trip to the healing shrine at Lourdes. Steeped in longing for his high school sweetheart, Karen, with whom he had fallen in love at the hospital during the early days of his ordeal and who stayed in touch with him even as she moved away and married, Buddy envisioned a day when he would sweep her up into his arms and live the life they had been denied. Beautifully written, both heart-wrenching and hopeful, Like Any Normal Day explores the enduring bond between brothers and the claims that duty places upon each of us in the wake of a catastrophic event. Ultimately, it asks the universal question: What would you do for someone you love?" The answers to that question are complex, and unforgettably explored in this book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Like Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion. To get started finding Like Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A profound, powerful narrative of a golden boy’s tragedy, a brother’s devotion and a woman’s complicated dilemma…. March 18, 1997 began like any normal day in the working class suburb of Warminster in southeastern Pennsylvania. Rosemarie Miley had just finished two loads of laundry when her youngest son, Jimmy, arrived to take her quadriplegic son, Buddy, to an appointment that morning with an eye doctor. Instead, the brothers drove to Philadelphia International Airport, boarded a plane to Detroit and checked in at a nondescript Quality Inn, where Jimmy delivered Buddy into the hands of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the controversial “Suicide Doctor.” There, Buddy and Jimmy ended a journey that had begun when they were boys—a remarkable story of devotion between two brothers thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Like Any Normal Day centers on Buddy Miley, who in the fall of 1973 had been a star quarterback on his high school football team, when he shattered his vertebrae in a game. In the 23 ½ years that followed, as his friends went off and had families of their own, Buddy remained at home under the care of his mother, who saw to his every need even as her own body began to break down. With the aid of Jimmy, a former pro baseball prospect for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Buddy set out on a quixotic search for a cure that included visits to specialists, and even a trip to the healing shrine at Lourdes. Steeped in longing for his high school sweetheart, Karen, with whom he had fallen in love at the hospital during the early days of his ordeal and who stayed in touch with him even as she moved away and married, Buddy envisioned a day when he would sweep her up into his arms and live the life they had been denied. Beautifully written, both heart-wrenching and hopeful, Like Any Normal Day explores the enduring bond between brothers and the claims that duty places upon each of us in the wake of a catastrophic event. Ultimately, it asks the universal question: What would you do for someone you love?" The answers to that question are complex, and unforgettably explored in this book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Like Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion. To get started finding Like Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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