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Title: Alex: The Life Of A Child : by Frank Deford ISBN: 1-55853-552-7 Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (49 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book-Heart Warming
Comment: My name is Jennifer Grayson of Sanford,Florida.I read it because my son was diagnosed with CF in Jan.1997,I had a very hard time accepting it,a close friend loaned me this book.I read it,I cried,I got mad at the world,but I found great comfort in knowing that,times have changed since Alex died,I feel in my heart they will find a cure for this disease,we all pray each and every day for that wonderful news to come out,they have a lot more treatments just in the past 2 years,I have been going through this with my son,One thing is for sure that Life is too short,you have to live it like you,you know that there is going to be a tomorrow.Well,all I can say about the book. That is wonderful and very positive. Thank you so much for that.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you read one book in your life read this one
Comment: The first time I've read this book I was in the 5th grade. I absolutely adore this book. Alex with such courage and purity was the kindest of kindred spirits. She will always have a place in my heart. I look foward to meeting her in heaven. Alex will always be my hero. I feel for the family but I feel mostly sad for Chris. Like Alex understood he would be all alone without a brother or a sister. For the person who wrote a review on Feb.7 1999 you can get Alex's story from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation webpage under publications. For all of you out there read the book it will definitely change your life. Thank you Mr. Deford for writing about your courageous little girl. And theank you Alex for just being you.
Rating: 3
Summary: Alex, a life of a child
Comment: Alex
The author, Frank Deford, writes about his daughter's life. A young innocent girl at the age of eight realizes she has a disease called Cystic Fibrosis. This disease is the number one child killer. Alex passes away in 1980 at eight years old. Reading this book made me more grateful towards life. What I like most about this book is the way Deford makes a picture clear in our minds as we read along. Frank Deford talks mostly about his relationship with Alex, although the brother "Chrish" (Chris) is mentioned often and her mother is not. Alex passes away early in the book; therefore the book is made up of mostly stories that happen to Alex and between her family. The stories that Deford writes are mostly sad, others boring, and even some funny. I thought it was kind of odd that he didn't refer to his wife or Alex's mother a lot, being the other parent. I would recommend this book to parents, but not to 18-year-old boys like myself who enjoy books that keep you at the edge of your seat.
~ Nate
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Title: Breathing for a Living: A Memoir by Laura Rothenberg ISBN: 1401300596 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 09 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Spirit of Lo : An Ordinary Family's Extraordinary Journey by Terry Detrich, Don Detrich ISBN: 0970193408 Publisher: Mind Matters Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Alive at 25: How I'm Beating Cystic Fibrosis by Andy Lipman ISBN: 1563526816 Publisher: Longstreet Press Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Best of Frank Deford: I'm Just Getting Started by Frank Deford ISBN: 1572434368 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: An American Summer by Frank Deford ISBN: 1402200595 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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