My Son, My Sorrow [Hardcover]

Carol Loving (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 1998

Carol Loving's son Nick went from athletic and high-spirited to debilitated and depressed within two years of being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease. Unable to walk, feed himself or speak clearly, Nick begged his mother to help him die. Reaching the most heart-wrenching decision of her life, Carol turned to Dr. Jack Kevorkian for help. My Son, My Sorrow is an eloquent contribution to the debate over "the right to die, " which only someone who has lived through the experience with a loved one can provide.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Deserted by her husband early on, Loving raised her five children in desperate poverty, continually struggling to better herself through education and work. In a family that seemed destined from the start for recurrent misfortune and misery, the news that a robust, athletic young family member was dying of Lou Gehrig's disease hit hard. In his mid-20s, one of Loving's twin boys, Nick, was considering a stint in the military to pay for his college education. Instead, what followed his diagnosis were two years of agonizing physical deterioration and its accompanying emotional toll on him, his mother (and main caretaker) and the entire family. Nick unsuccessfully attempted suicide three times, "in searing rage against the disease that forced him to suffer, yet refused to let him die." A call for the legalization of merciful euthanasia, this book also provides a disturbing look at the "cold" and "condescending" medical profession and at the government of a society that "is not mature enough to accept death as a natural part of life in the given order." The peaceful passing Nick finally achieved with the help of the notorious Dr. Jack Kevorkian contrasts dramatically with the two years of torture and insensitivity this young man and his family endured. This book adds an important voice to the debate on euthanasia. Author radio tour.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: New Horizon Press (March 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088282161X
• ISBN-13: 978-0882821610
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,748,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #62 in Books > Law > Family & Health Law > Right to Die

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