Suddenly Dark (ePub)
Huntington's Disease: My Family's Deadly Secret
(Sprache: Englisch)
George William Knauer never had an easy life: He grew up as one of seven children and was placed in foster care after his mother was institutionalized with Huntingtons disease.
He ended up at Wiltwyck School for Boys, a reform school supported by Eleanor...
He ended up at Wiltwyck School for Boys, a reform school supported by Eleanor...
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George William Knauer never had an easy life: He grew up as one of seven children and was placed in foster care after his mother was institutionalized with Huntingtons disease.
He ended up at Wiltwyck School for Boys, a reform school supported by Eleanor Roosevelt. When he left school after the eighth grade, he threw himself headfirst into the plumbing and heating field. He established his own plumbing and heating business, marrying and divorcing five times along the way.
When he was in his fifties, Knauer went completely blind, but he continued to take care of two of his brothersand he kept working as a plumber under the name Blind Mice Plumbing and Heating.
But not everything went smoothly: He survived numerous near-death experienceseven falling out of a third-floor window. After each ordeal, he successfully reinvented himself and continued living life.
In telling his story, Knauer shares what its really like to deal with Huntingtons disease. James Pollard, a world-renowned authority on the disease, has lent his expertise about the disease throughout the book.
He ended up at Wiltwyck School for Boys, a reform school supported by Eleanor Roosevelt. When he left school after the eighth grade, he threw himself headfirst into the plumbing and heating field. He established his own plumbing and heating business, marrying and divorcing five times along the way.
When he was in his fifties, Knauer went completely blind, but he continued to take care of two of his brothersand he kept working as a plumber under the name Blind Mice Plumbing and Heating.
But not everything went smoothly: He survived numerous near-death experienceseven falling out of a third-floor window. After each ordeal, he successfully reinvented himself and continued living life.
In telling his story, Knauer shares what its really like to deal with Huntingtons disease. James Pollard, a world-renowned authority on the disease, has lent his expertise about the disease throughout the book.
Autoren-Porträt von George William Knauer
George William Knauer was born into abject poverty as one of seven children. His mother suffered from Huntington’s disease, and he and his siblings were placed into foster care at an early age. He was a successful plumber and owned his own business before going blind in his early fifties.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: George William Knauer
- 2016, 236 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Archway Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1480830135
- ISBN-13: 9781480830134
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.04.2016
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