Alex: The Life of a Child
by Frank Deford | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1558535527 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1558535527 Global Overview for this book
Registered by 
NancyNova
of Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA on 8/8/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
NancyNova of Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA on 8/8/2009 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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from the IVL book sale
The author's daughter died at age 8 of cystic fibrosis in 1980. This version was re-released in 1997, with the author's forward noting that a cure is in sight. Unfortunately that hope was premature and there still is no cure for the disease. Although technology and knowledge has improved, I'm not sure given the severity of Alex's disease if she would have lived past her teens if she were born today. Hopefully someone will really figure out how to have children as severely ill as Alex be able to be cured.
Journal Entry 3 by NancyNova at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Friday, July 17, 2015
NancyNova at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Friday, July 17, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (7/23/2015 UTC) at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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Have the tissues handy for the ending. And medicine really hasn't come far enough, because she would still die today.
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Came home in the Medicine Chest.
Journal Entry 5 by quietorchid at Gingko Coffee Shop - Snelling And Minnehaha in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Monday, November 2, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (11/1/2015 UTC) at Gingko Coffee Shop - Snelling And Minnehaha in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
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Left on the shelf to find a new reader!
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