Mistaken identity : two families, one survivor, unwavering hope

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

Summary
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? Read this unprecedented story of two traumatized families who 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 join Whitney Cerak, the sole surviving student, as she comes to terms with her new identity, forever altered, yet on the brink of new beginnings. "Mistaken Identity" weaves a complex tale of honesty, vulnerability, loss, hope, faith, and love in the face of one of the strangest twists of circumstances imaginable.

Year Published
2008

Physical Description
ix, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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

Subject
Brain damage -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
 
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.

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

Added Author
Van Ryn, Don.
 
Tabb, Mark.

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

Summary
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? Read this unprecedented story of two traumatized families who 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 join Whitney Cerak, the sole surviving student, as she comes to terms with her new identity, forever altered, yet on the brink of new beginnings. "Mistaken Identity" weaves a complex tale of honesty, vulnerability, loss, hope, faith, and love in the face of one of the strangest twists of circumstances imaginable.

ISBN
9781416567356

Publisher
New York : Howard Books, c2008.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian High362.19 MISBook30905000055677Non-Fiction