Mistaken identity : two families, one survivor, unwavering hope
by
 
Van Ryn, Don.

Title
Mistaken identity : two families, one survivor, unwavering hope

Author
Van Ryn, Don.

ISBN
9781416567356
 
9781847373823

Publication Information
New York : Howard Books, ©2008.

Physical Description
ix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents
Prologue -- The exchange -- April 26, 2006 -- ICU -- Coming to grips with a new reality -- Waiting -- Comfort in the midst of pain -- From Fort Wayne to Sydney and every point in between -- First milestone -- Happy birthday, Whitney -- Turning a corner -- A celebration of life -- Hi -- Life will never be the same again -- Waking up -- Mistaken identity -- Telling the family -- Back from the dead -- Hope in tragedy -- After the hurricane -- Fast forward -- Moving ahead -- Epilogue from whitney -- In honor of those lost.

Abstract
Meet Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak: one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma and being cared for by the wrong family. This shocking case of mistaken identity stunned the country and made national news. Would it destroy a family? Shatter their faith? Push two families into bitterness, resentment, and guilt? Two traumatized families describe their ordeal and explore the bond sustaining and uniting them as they deal with their bizarre reversal of life lost and life found. And Whitney Cerak, the sole surviving student, comes to terms with her new identity, forever altered, yet on the brink of new beginnings. This book weaves a complex tale of honesty, vulnerability, loss, hope, faith, and love in the face of one of the strangest twists of circumstances imaginable.--From publisher description.

Personal Subject
Van Ryn, Don-Family.
 
Cerak, Newell-Family.

Subject Term
Traffic accidents -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies.
 
Mistaken identity -- United States -- Case studies.
 
Traffic accident victims -- United States -- Identification -- Case studies.
 
Traffic accident victims -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies.
 
Daughters -- Biography.
 
Spiritual biography -- United States.
 
Mistaken identity -- Case studies.
 
Traffic accident victims -- Identification -- Case studies.
 
Traffic accident victims -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies.
 
Spiritual biography.

Geographic Term
Fort Wayne (Ind.) -- Biography.
 
Gaylord (Mich.) -- Biography.

Added Author
Van Ryn, Don.

Electronic Access
Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2008002322-s.html
 
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2008002322-t.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2008002322-d.html


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