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A memoir in which photographer, skier, and skateboarder Kevin Connolly tells what it was like to grow up without legs, discussing his loving parents, his dad's continuing efforts to invent devices to make his life easier, his participation in sports, and his habit of taking pictures of people who stare at him--a project that became a traveling exhibit.

The author describes the sometimes incredible details of her second pregnancy, telling how she and her husband, both driven Harvard academics, came to the decision to have their son after the fetus was diagnosed with Down syndrome, and sharing the extraordinary events that helped them know they had made the right decision.

Angela Balcita recounts her struggles with kidney disease, describes how she felt when her boyfriend Charlie offered to donate his kidney, and discusses how his choice impacted their relationship.

Victor Mancini, a medical school dropout, has devised a scheme to pay for his mother's elder care, but when he tries to scam the wrong person, his plan takes a nightmarish turn for the worse.

The author describes her life after her childhood diagnosis of polio caused her to spend the next sixty-one years of her life in an iron lung.

Jill Kelly, wife of Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, reflects on her son Hunter's genetic disease, which took his life at the age of eight, and how his illness and the times she shared with him affected her life, marriage, family, and faith.

A biography of the author's son, who died at seventeen after a fourteen-month illness caused by a brain tumor.

The author describes his and his family's experiences after his fifteen-year-old daughter Sally had her first manic episode in 1996 and had to be committed to a New York psychiatric facility for treatment.

The author, a neurobiologist, describes the challenges she encountered as she made the choice to care for her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, along with carrying out the duties of a mother and wife.

Clara Claiborne Park recounts her daughter Jessy's struggles with autism, discussing how Jessy has overcome many social and emotional problems to lead a promising life.