Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve
by Christopher Andersen
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That fate could have dealt such a cruel hand to this golden couple seemed unfathomable. That they could endure it all with grace, courage, and humor defied belief.Tags
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A bittersweet story about the love shared by Christopher Reeve, best known for his movie role as Superman, and his wife Dana. In 1995 when Christopher tragically fell from a horse and broke his neck their life changed entirely and forever. The adjustment required superhuman effort from both of them yet their commitment to each other did not flinch. The couple became leading activists for spinal cord research. Christopher died in 2004. The following year Dana was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in 2006. They left thirteen-year old son, Will. Christopher Andersen has written without sentimentality but with a great deal of compassion. This is a love story that will become legend.
Better than a fluff piece and a consistent read, Somewhere in Heaven touches your heart with the love shown between Christopher and Dana Reeve, especially after Chris broke his neck in a horse jumping incident.
The deep love Dana and Chris had for each other came through in this book. After Chris's accident Dana did not look a Chris as a burden, but as her duty as his wife. They did have help, so Dana did not have do some of the caring for his daily needs, although she learned how to do it herself. Their roles reversed after Chris was paralyzed. He had done the lion's share of making the income, before his accident. After his accident, Dana had to work to help pay for Chris's care. They started a foundation hoping to get Chris walking again. After Chris's death Dana took over as head of the foundation, only to pass away 17 months after Chris.
Sad story about 2 people who really loved each. Dana and Christopher Reeves lives both eneded on sad notes but their love will live on forever through their son. I was truly amazed the strength Dana had throughout her husband's paralysis and her own illness. Their story was full of hope and strength which edured right up to Chris's death and eventually her own.
what an awesome love story, this book made me cry several times
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- Canonical title
- Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve
- Original publication date
- 2008
- People/Characters
- Christopher Reeve; Robin Williams; Marsha Williams; Dana Reeve; Will Reeve; Barbara Johnson (show all 26); Matthew Reeve; Alexandra Reeve; Gae Exton; Alec Baldwin; Quincy Jones; Treat Williams; Barbara Walters; Paula Zahn; Robert Kennedy Jr.; Bill Clinton; Hillary Clinton; Al Gore; George W. Bush; Brooke Ellison; Deborah Roberts; Glenn Close; Meryl Streep; Tom Harkin; John Kerry; Katherine Hepburn
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA; California, USA; Massachusetts, USA; Culpeper, Virginia, USA
- Epigraph
- "Real love, and the ability to love somebody as damaged as I was that is a very rare and precious thing."
~Chris
"It was easy to fall in love with him. He is extraordinary."
~Dana
Yes, we are lovers, and I hope we always will be. I will always be in love with Dana.
~Chris
I will always be in love with Chris.
~Dana
There are not many times when youcome acrossthat true, shining love that Chris and Dana had for each other.
~Barbara Walters
They were so close. How lucky they were to have each other.
~Michael J. Fox (show all 28)
You looked at the two of them and you said to yourself, 'Man this is really something'.
~Edward Hermann
actor and friend
Funny how love just sort of sneaks up on you.
~Dana
Dana knows every corner of me.
~Chris
Dana is my life force.
~Chris
I didn't fall in love with Superman. I fell in love with a super man.
~Dana
It was as if I'd been hanged, cut down and sent to a hospital.
~Chris
You're still you, I will love you.
~Dana
Without Dana, I doubt if Chris would have lasted more than a few days.
~Dr. John Jane,
Chris's surgeon
It saddens me sometimes that just when everything had come together, I went out and ruined it.
~Chris
When there's very little to hold on to you need an absolute and complete faith in something. For us, it was love.
~Dana
Dana saved my life.
~Chris
Here comes your medication, mon.
Jamaican hospital aide "Juice" Miller to Chris whenever Dana walked into the room
Without Dana, I couldn't do any of this. Without the kids, I couldn't do any of this. They're my reason to push and keep going.
~Chris
Daddy can't move. But he can still smile.
~Will
They just don't allow themselves to be self-pitying. That takes and awful lot of strength.
~Margot Kidder
Friend and Superman co-star
we are moree focused on what really matters--the family and how far love can take you.
~Dana
I realized: Man. am I lucky--I am so lucky
~Chris
It was pretty unglamorous, pretty darn unromantic. But Dana was in for the long haul.
~Peter Kiernan,
Close friend and chairman of the Christoper and Dana Reeve Foundation
You could tell how much they loved each other. SHe was going to do anything in the world for him, and --if the situation were reversed--he would do the same for her.
~Brooke Ellison,
Friend
I was married to a man who never gave up.
~Dana
Life is going to be full of pain, but it doesn't have to be tragic. And if you don't keep your sense of humor, it can kill you.
~Dana
The brightest light has gone out.
~Robin Williams - First words
- She was one of the bravest women Mimi Lieber had ever known.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Dana said wistfully, "I think he would like that."
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- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 791.4302 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Standard subdivisions
- LCC
- PN2287 .R292 .A53 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Dramatic representation. The theater Special regions or countries
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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- 15
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