The Book of Kehls

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Summary: A Love Story
Review: O'Hagan has written a remarkable and heartfelt story of the disease and death of her beloved son, Jamie. It is a tragic story filled with pain, fear and frustration , guilt and loss. Yet one reads her story with acute awareness of the love that is in this woman, and how that love defines her, gives her strength and imparts a message to all of us. It takes great courage to write about such a personal and private ordeal - but in doing so, she has reached a universality that raises her book to a profound and wonderful level.
This is a book to own, to read and to cherish.



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Summary: Honestly and bravely written!!!!
Review: The Book Of Kehls is a memoir that is honestly and bravely written. The author probes her deepest feelings about coming from a family smitten with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and shares her candid insights with depth as well as with humor.

The book also provides education about the disease to those that are unfamiliar with the ravaging toll it takes on its victims and their families. It helps the reader to understand the horror that living with this disease can bring, and provides insight into how families cope both effectively and ineffectively with chronic illness.

Ms. O'Hagan also gives us a glimpse of the past as she shares her childhood growing up in the 50's and 60's and in many instances with great nostalgia. This was quite enjoyable to read.

The layout of the book is very well created and the themes excellently threaded throughout. The beginning is extremely powerful as is the ending, leaving the reader to ponder life, its personal meaning and the necessity of gratitude for what many of us take for granted.

For me, the book was a quick read because it was so interesting that I couldn't stop......The cover was a beautiful, the title wonderful and the picture of the children so poignantly presented. I highly recommend The Book of Kehls for its message of love and spirit.



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Summary: PW reviewer must be nuts
Review: the PW is so off the mark on this memoir that she/he is either a person who has suffered nothing, has the proverbial ice water running through her? veins, or knows nothing of human experience. PW should be ashamed of itself for giving this work of love and inspiration to someone who cannot think or feel and who accesses only the bare details of many lost lives.

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Summary: A Work of the heart....
Review: This book is not your ordinary story, it is the blood, sweat and tears of a brave family suffering from generation to generation with Muscular Dystrophy. Christine O'Hagan should be proud of how elloquently she is able to share her losses from her brother Richie to the ultimate loss of her own precious son Jamie.
She shares so much in this book, you can't help but wonder how she was able to sit all those long hours and re-live so much sorrow. But don't be fooled. Christine knows just how to tell her story with her very fine sense of humor which has always been
her strong tool through her struggles.A book to read not only for the journey of her life, but also for what it gives the reader.... The true meaning of what live is about. God Bless you Chrissie.

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Summary: I felt so sorry for this woman
Review: This is the tragic story of the death of her son, Jamie. Readers can easily feel her pain, fear and frustration etc in this beautifully written book. In fact, I cannot read most part of this book first time, as my eyes were filled with tears. I felt so sorry for this woman and at the time really appreciate her guts to write in such detail about her suffering. No doubt, this is a book for everyone who wants to see the power of love and affection.

The author mentioned, in an interview, what helped to complete the book. Kicking the coffee habit. Said drinking it clouded creativity. I agree too, and stopped completely a few weeks ago, with the help of a coffee replacement. It's called s o y f e e and I simply love it. Made from s o y that you brew just like coffee. I even like it better than the real stuff. Look for it at www.s oycoffee.com.