{"product_id":"this-lovely-life-9780547232751","title":"This Lovely Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eVicki Forman gave birth to Evan and Ellie, weighing just a pound at birth, at twenty-three weeks' gestation. During the delivery she begged the doctors to \"let her babies go\" -- she knew all too well that at twenty-three weeks they could very well die ... Publisher Marketing: Vicki Forman gave birth to Evan and Ellie, weighing just a pound at birth, at twenty-three weeks' gestation. During the delivery she begged the doctors to \"let her babies go\" -- she knew all too well that at twenty-three weeks they could very well die and, if they survived, they would face a high risk of permanent disabilities. However, California law demanded resuscitation. Her daughter died just four days later; her son survived and was indeed multiply disabled: blind, nonverbal, and dependent on a feeding tube. This Lovely Life tells, with brilliant intensity, of what became of the Forman family after the birth of the twins -- the harrowing medical interventions and ethical considerations involving the sanctity of life and death. In the end, the longdelayed first steps of a five-year-old child will seem like the fist-pumping stuff of a triumph narrative. Forman's intelligent voice gives a sensitive, nuanced rendering of her guilt, her anger, and her eventual acceptance in this portrait of a mother's fierce love for her children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vicki Forman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mariner Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780547232751 (Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShips separately from our book distribution partner by USPS Media Mail. Media Mail usually takes 2 to 8 business days after shipping. If you order this with cards or other items, it will arrive in its own package.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68064147013720,"sku":"9780547232751","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/1807\/3176\/files\/view_archive_7f621903-1abd-4a45-ab11-3ad319693ce8.jpg?v=1793476814","url":"https:\/\/isekaitcg.com\/products\/this-lovely-life-9780547232751","provider":"Isekai Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}