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The Killilea family returns in the heartwarming sequel to national bestseller Karen With Love from Karen picks up five years after the conclusion of Karen, the miraculous and true story of a girl with cerebral palsy who triumphed against all odds. It follows the Killileas through Karen's teen years and into adulthood. Karen and her family continue to face seemingly insurmountable obstacles: They must fight for Karen's right to attend public school, support Karen in her dream to raise and show more exhibit champion show dogs, and encourage her in her decision to use a wheelchair or walk on her own. Once again, the Killilea family proves that the power of faith, love, and courage in the face of adversity can make miracles happen. show lessTags
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infiniteletters Marie Killilea lived next door to Jean Kerr for a number of years, and the respective anecdotes about eachother are amusing.
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Marie Killilea writes with humor, spunk, and heart. No mystery where Karen gets it!
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This is the sequel to the best selling memoir Karen that was written in the 1950s. Karen was born with Cerebral palsy and grew up in an Irish catholic family. She learnt to walk with cruches and leg braces, but those were always painful and so she eventually chose to return to using the wheelchair. The wheelchair gave her more freedom and no more pain.
Karen had been educated at home with a tutor because no school would accept her. Their excuse was usually something like, she cant walk so she cannot keep up with the other children. When she turned 12 years the family moved from Rye NY to Larchmont NY, just down the road and slightly closer to NYC. There the Good Counsel Catholic church and diocese accepted Karen as a student and show more she finally was able to go to school.
Today Karen lives in NY state and works as a recptionist for a Catholic retreat. She will turn 80 years old this year (2020). Karens parents passed away in the 1990s. One of Karens older siblings has also passed but there still 2 sisters and 1 brother living in the USA.
There were one chapter I skipped over. It described a catholic church mass in details and had far too much latin in it. This second book was written by Karens mother Marie, in response to all the questions that She received about "what happened next to Karen?" show less
This is the sequel to the best selling memoir Karen that was written in the 1950s. Karen was born with Cerebral palsy and grew up in an Irish catholic family. She learnt to walk with cruches and leg braces, but those were always painful and so she eventually chose to return to using the wheelchair. The wheelchair gave her more freedom and no more pain.
Karen had been educated at home with a tutor because no school would accept her. Their excuse was usually something like, she cant walk so she cannot keep up with the other children. When she turned 12 years the family moved from Rye NY to Larchmont NY, just down the road and slightly closer to NYC. There the Good Counsel Catholic church and diocese accepted Karen as a student and show more she finally was able to go to school.
Today Karen lives in NY state and works as a recptionist for a Catholic retreat. She will turn 80 years old this year (2020). Karens parents passed away in the 1990s. One of Karens older siblings has also passed but there still 2 sisters and 1 brother living in the USA.
There were one chapter I skipped over. It described a catholic church mass in details and had far too much latin in it. This second book was written by Karens mother Marie, in response to all the questions that She received about "what happened next to Karen?" show less
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Cerebral palsy -- children's/young adult fiction
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- Original publication date
- 1963
- People/Characters
- Marie Killilea; Karen Killilea; Jean Kerr; Rory Killilea
- Epigraph
- Ah! Must Thou char the wood ere Thou canst limn with it?
--Francis Thompson - First words
- Foreword: There are files in our study, files in our bedroom, files in our attic and files in our cellar.
The house was spacious and shabby and it had that air of pitiful loneliness peculiar to neglected houses built almost a century ago. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I'll be free, like an eagle with my face to the sun. [page torn. words likely missing.]
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- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 616.836 — Applied Science & Technology Medicine & health Diseases, Allergies, Skin Conditions Nervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCD Other organic diseases of central nervous system Cerebral palsy
- LCC
- RJ496 .P3 .K52 — Medicine Pediatrics Pediatrics Diseases of children and adolescents
- BISAC
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- Members
- 246
- Popularity
- 131,522
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (4.24)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 11
