Marie Killilea is the author of two bestselling books, Karen
and With Love from Karen. In 1940, Marie's daughter Karen
was born three months premature, measuring only nine inches and
weighing less than two pounds. It would take years for doctors to
diagnose her with cerebral palsy, and even more to find proper
treatment. When the family was told that they should put her in an
asylum and forget about her, which was what many others did at the
time, they refused and instead took on the daunting challenge of
treating her at home. Confined to a wheelchair since her teens,
Karen learned to walk with crutches, write, and even swim, after
years of painstaking work. She later became a receptionist at the
Trinity Retreat House in Larchmont, New York, where she worked for
almost forty years. Marie died in 1991, followed by her husband two
years later. Karen resides in an accessible apartment in Larchmont,
living a happy life, continuing to be an inspiration to all around
her.
"A warm and winning and spirited account of a young mother's
attempt to overcome the liabilities of cerebral palsy, and to
refute the first medical verdict that her little girl would have
'an existence but no life' . . . A gallant account, in very human
terms." -Kirkus Reviews
"A wonderful story of human courage, patience, and triumph. But
you'll want to read it most for Karen's own words: 'I can walk, I
can talk. I can read. I can write. I can do anything.'" -The New
York Times
"Extraordinary is the word to be used first, last, and repeatedly
about this book. . . . Anyone who meets Karen, even on paper, will
postpone resigning from the human race." -Saturday
Review
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