Alex: The Life of a Child
(eBook)
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
More Details
Format
eBook
Language
English
ISBN
9781504007337
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Frank Deford., & Frank Deford|AUTHOR. (2015). Alex: The Life of a Child . Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frank Deford and Frank Deford|AUTHOR. 2015. Alex: The Life of a Child. Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frank Deford and Frank Deford|AUTHOR. Alex: The Life of a Child Open Road Media, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Frank Deford, and Frank Deford|AUTHOR. Alex: The Life of a Child Open Road Media, 2015.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 48c40f65-8769-0c67-5b37-fc9e7c7d65a1-eng |
---|---|
Full title | alex the life of a child |
Author | deford frank |
Grouping Category | book |
Last Update | 2024-01-07 19:05:54PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-18 00:26:54AM |
Book Cover Information
Image Source | coce_google_books |
---|---|
First Loaded | Nov 5, 2022 |
Last Used | Dec 8, 2023 |
Hoopla Extract Information
stdClass Object ( [year] => 2015 [artist] => Frank Deford [fiction] => [coverImageUrl] => https://cover.hoopladigital.com/opr_9781504007337_270.jpeg [titleId] => 11556140 [isbn] => 9781504007337 [abridged] => [language] => ENGLISH [profanity] => [title] => Alex [demo] => [segments] => Array ( ) [pages] => 141 [children] => [artists] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [name] => Frank Deford [artistFormal] => Deford, Frank [relationship] => AUTHOR ) ) [genres] => Array ( [0] => Biography & Autobiography [1] => Children's Health [2] => Health & Fitness [3] => Medical ) [price] => 3.99 [id] => 11556140 [edited] => [kind] => EBOOK [active] => 1 [upc] => [synopsis] => The inspiring story of one little girl's bravery in the face of an unrelenting disease In 1971 a girl named Alex was born with cystic fibrosis, a degenerative genetic lung disease. Although health-care innovations have improved the life span of CF patients tremendously over the last four decades, the illness remains fatal. Given only two years to live by her doctors, the imaginative, excitable, and curious little girl battled through painful and frustrating physical-therapy sessions twice daily, as well as regular hospitalizations, bringing joy to the lives of everyone she touched. Despite her setbacks, brave Alex was determined to live life like a typical girl-going to school, playing with her friends, traveling with her family. Ultimately, however, she succumbed to the disease in 1980 at the age of eight. Award-winning author Frank Deford, celebrated primarily as a sportswriter, was also a budding novelist and biographer at the time of his daughter's birth. Deford kept a journal of Alex's courageous stand against the disease, documenting his family's struggle to cope with and celebrate the daily fight she faced. This book is the result of that journal. Alex relives the events of those eight years: moments as heartwarming as when Alex recorded herself saying "I love you" so her brother could listen to her whenever he wanted, and as heartrending as the young girl's tragic, dawning realization of her own very tenuous mortality, and her parents' difficulty in trying to explain why. Though Alex is a sad story, it is also one of hope; her greatest wish was that someday a cure would be found. Deford has written a phenomenal memoir about an extraordinary little girl. [url] => https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11556140 [pa] => [subtitle] => The Life of a Child [publisher] => Open Road Media [purchaseModel] => INSTANT )