{"product_id":"keeping-katherine-susan-zimmermann-9781400052011","title":"Keeping Katherine: A Mother's Journey to Acceptance","description":"Katherine was a beautiful, perfect baby for the first year of her life. Then, without warning, she changed forever. She started crossing her eyes. She cried at night for hours at a time and could not be soothed. She stopped saying words, stopped crawling, and began what would become a lifelong habit of wringing her hands. Hospital visits and consultations with doctors offered no answers to the mystery. Soon Katherine slipped away to a place her mother and father could never reach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKeeping Katherine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSusan Zimmermann tells the story of her life with her daughter Katherine, who has Rett syndrome, a devastating neurological disorder. Writing with honesty and candor, Zimmermann chronicles her personal journey to accept the changed dynamic of her family; the strain of caring for a special needs child and the pressure it placed on her marriage, career, and relationship with her parents; the dilemma of whether Kat would be better cared for in a group home; and most important, the altered reality of her daughter's future. A story of personal transformation that reminds us that it isn't what happens to us that shapes our humanity, but how we react, \u003ci\u003eKeeping Katherine\u003c\/i\u003e shows the unconditional love that exists in families and the gifts the profoundly disabled can offer to those who try to understand them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Zimmermann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400052017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400052011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harmony\/Rodale\/Convergent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.24w x 0.52d","brand":"Susan Zimmermann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739014942975,"sku":"9781400052011","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7bfea8fa-04ab-42cd-a212-ae641d77a1f6.jpg?v=1743276951","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/keeping-katherine-susan-zimmermann-9781400052011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}