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Author
Language
English
Description
"Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary--awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears--seemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after Rosemary's death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car crash, and Sage's stepfather, Alan, resents being burdened...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the disorder known as Down Syndrome, covering such aspects as historical background, medical causes, physical and mental limitations, and development from infancy through adulthood, including sexuality, social skills, and group homes.
Author
Publisher
Bancroft Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xi, 260 pages : genealogical tables, illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Rosemary (Rosie) Kennedy was born in 1918, the first daughter of a wealthy Bostonian couple who later would become known as the patriarch and matriarch of America's most famous and celebrated family. Elizabeth Koehler was born in 1957, the first and only child of a struggling Wisconsin farm family. What, besides their religion, did these two very different Catholic women have in common? One person: Stella Koehler, a charismatic woman of the cloth...
13) Sling blade
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
[Widescreen edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
25 years after committing an unthinkable crime, a quiet man named Karl is finally returning home. Once there he is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. As a strong relationship develops between Karl and the boy, a confrontation builds with the mother's abusive and sometimes violent boyfriend.
Author
Series
Medicine and society volume 6
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
xii, 356 pages, 28 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English