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.
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