Ebook {Epub PDF} Karen by Marie Killilea

Marie Killilea is the author of two bestselling books, Karen and With Love from Karen. In , 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/5().  · Karen’s mother, Marie Killilea, told her daughter’s story in two best-selling books, “Karen” and “With Love From Karen,” published in and , respectively. They drew praise and letters from around the world. Karen did not think of herself as disabled; she described herself as “permanently inconvenienced.”. Written by her mother Marie in , Karen Killilea was born premature in (same year as my mother) but was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age three. Her parents took her to over twenty doctors who encouraged them to institutionalize I was inspired to read this memoir because the book's subject, Karen Killilea, passed away in December, at the age of 80 and her obituary appeared in the /5.

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Karen’s mother, Marie Killilea, told her daughter’s story in two best-selling books, “Karen” and “With Love From Karen,” published in and , respectively. They drew praise and letters from around the world. Karen did not think of herself as disabled; she described herself as “permanently inconvenienced.”. Karen was several months premature and weighed under two pounds. At that time the doctors didn’t think she’d live 8 minutes let alone 80 years. Inspired by Karen’s indomitable spirit and determination, Karen’s mother Marie Killilea wrote two best selling books, Karen and With Love from Karen. “Karen,” originally published in , was the first of two books Marie Killilea wrote about her daughter. After they appeared, Karen and her mother were inundated with mail from all over the.