Linn marilyn m (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Brianna. There are two families in the book Brianna, and both families include a ten-year-old girl who will be featured. The Waterfords and the Millers meet in unusual circumstances and become close friends. The two girls, Brianna and Katrina, become especially close. Both girls have an incurable skin disorder. Both are different but similar in treatment, as are the effects on the girls and their families. The book deals with having a visible difference at school, bullying, challenges growing up, and the unending treatment of their skin problems. Brianna and Katrina (Kitty) call themselves the Skin Twins. The story covers three years of Brianna's life, from when she begins school at eight years old; she's been homeschooled until then. Kitty joins the story later. The book details surgical aspects of skin grafting and hospital stays and the emotional issues for the two girls and their families.…

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Brianna. There are two families in the book Brianna, and both families include a ten-year-old girl who will be featured. The Waterfords and the Millers meet in unusual circumstances and become close friends. The two girls, Brianna and Katrina, become especially close. Both girls have an incurable skin disorder. Both are different but similar in treatment, as are the effects on the girls and their families. The book deals with having a visible difference at school, bullying, challenges growing up, and the unending treatment of their skin problems. Brianna and Katrina (Kitty) call themselves the Skin Twins. The story covers three years of Brianna's life, from when she begins school at eight years old; she's been homeschooled until then. Kitty joins the story later. The book details surgical aspects of skin grafting and hospital stays and the emotional issues for the two girls and their families.…

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Brianna and Kitty call themselves the Skin Twins.Ten year old Brianna Waterford meets Kitty Miller in hospital in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. The girls both suffer from incurable skin disorders with similar treatment regimes. They from a close bond, sharing the difficulties of visible scarring and painful surgeries.Brianna and Kitty is the heart-warming story of two girls and their families as they deal with the normal challenges of growing up while facing the unique problems that come with their skin disorders: body-image issues, mobility difficulties and unending treatments for their skin problems.The author carefully details the surgical aspects of skin grafting, hospital stays and the emotional issues for the two girls and their families providing an intimate, comprehensive perspective that will be an invaluable resource for parents, teachers and carers while being eminently readable by children facing similar circumstances.…

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Marilyn Linn's memoir is a courageous piece of writing that tells of her early life, lengthy hospital stays for osteomyelitis, and difficult family life. Few authors manage this theme and style with effective connectedness and flow but Marilyn has achieved it fearlessly. One gets the feeling that she is comfortable in the role of narrating nonfiction, and I hope her next project will benefit from the confidence and freedom she's gained in writing 'Rainbow after the Storm'. It's an optimistic account of a difficult beginning that brought Marilyn to a place of deep gratitude and celebration of the good things in her life. Linda R Brooks.…