- Hardcover
- Publisher: Spinsters Ink (Sep 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0933216564
- ISBN-13: 978-0933216563
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson were together four years, before a drunk driver struck Sharon's car, leaving her unable to move or communicate. The only thing that can bring her out of a dangerous coma is Karen's patience and love.
Karen tells her story of fighting for custody and the right to care for her lover against extremely hostile parents and hostile judges. In their eyes, she is a "sick wacko".
This is NOT a novel, it is a real life story, at times tedious, and with no neat ending. Buy it for the historical information, read it to learn what love is all about. Then go get "Eight Bullets" (ISBN=1563410559), another similar story.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This one will make you mad, sad and outraged all together
21 April 2000
Format:Paperback
This is a great book! After I read the Introduction of it and realized that it was about two lesbian/gay women, I didn't really care to read the rest. The thing that kept me reading was the fact that it is also about civil rights of disabled persons. I work in an ICF/MR and the story touched me deeply and really really made me mad at the same time. It seems unreal that this could actually happen to someone and our justice department would allow it to happen. After reading the book (which I finished in a day because I couldn't put it down) I have a far better understanding of civil rights and I even have a different outlook on the gay and lesbian population of the united States. Great job Karen and Julie! You both should be very proud of yourselves for this one! I feel with all my heart for Sharon and I am praying for her return home. NO ONE should be denied the right to choose where they live and who they associate with! Keep the fight going!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Real life lesbian custody battle.
10 Aug 1997
Format:Paperback
Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson were together four years, before a drunk driver struck Sharon's car, leaving her unable to move or communicate. The only thing that can bring her out of a dangerous coma is Karen's patience and love.
Karen tells her story of fighting for custody and the right to care for her lover against extremely hostile parents and hostile judges. In their eyes, she is a "sick wacko".
This is NOT a novel, it is a real life story, at times tedious, and with no neat ending. Buy it for the historical information, read it to learn what love is all about. Then go get "Eight Bullets" (ISBN=1563410559), another similar story.
More reviews by Bobbi at
http://www.primenet.com/~bobbib/books
Should NEVER go out of print
22 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sylviastel in her review below does a good book synopsis so I wont bother here. This book should not go out of print. Everything in this real-life saga informs why gay rights are not special rights. You can get a copy of it for any gay person that complains when things get "too political". It is all laid out: not understanding the limits of our rights as partners does not mean that the real-life bigotry and narrowness will not come roaring into our lives with awful consequences. At the point that the father Donald Kowalski is willing to restrict meaningful treatment (and thereby the hope of recovery from a serious car accident) for his own child simply to satisfy his homophobia it is hard to deny that right has not been done and the best interests of Sharon Kowalski were ignored. A cautionary tale.....
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