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Walking Isn't Everything [book]
[9781591461920] |
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| by Midwest Book Review/Small Press Bookwatch |
Date Added: Monday 01 June, 2009 |
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Polio is essentially eradicated in the modern world, but what was it like to live with this plague of the first half of the twentieth century? "Walking Isn't Everything: An Account of the Life of Jean Denecke" is the story of one of the sufferers who faced this disease in the 1950s. In a time where there was much less government support, one woman overcame her polio-inflicted disability and led a very successful life where even walking-abled women struggled to succeed. An inspirational tale that gives insights to how much times have changed, "Walking Isn't Everything" is a fine read for biography, women's studies, and health readers.
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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| by Laura Barbour |
Date Added: Monday 01 December, 2008 |
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This volume was written by Jean Denecke during her life and has been recently edited by Kris Guenawald, who is Jean's daughter and a Network member, and by Keith Storey, who is Jean's nephew. In her preface, Mrs. Denecke wrote: "Can you imagine yourself nonchalantly rolling down the sidewalk in a wheelchair, en route to a P.T.A. meeting at school? Well, [I] could not either, but that was five years ago, before polio -- before my wheelchair and I became one. This is my story. It is a story I cannot tell medically or psychologically, but I can relate it as an intimate personal experience."
Walking Isn't Everything includes the writer's story of her time at Warm Springs. In face, one of the introductions to this book was written by Martin Harmon, from the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. The other was written by Mary Lou Breslin, of the Disability Rights Education Defense Fund.
This book is a bit over 200 pages in length, and includes four appendices (Graphs on the Occurrence of Polio in the U.S.; 1947 Twentieth Annual Report, Georgia Warm Springs Foundation; 1955 White House Press Release Regarding Polio; and 1953 Newspaper Article on Jean Denecke). There is also a rather extensive bibliography of works related to polio.
Laura Barbour, Librarian
Michigan Polio Collection Library (MPNetwork)
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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| by Patricia A. Ziegler |
Date Added: Friday 28 November, 2008 |
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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.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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