Name: An Unexpected Normal
SKU: 64785654
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Author: Rita Angelini

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She Writes Press

Author

Rita Angelini

Year

2026

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14 cm

ISBN13

9781647428440

An Unexpected Normal

Rita Angelini (Author) · She Writes Press · Paperback

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Synopsis "An Unexpected Normal"

Faced with the possibility of losing their three-day-old second child when she contracts meningitis, Norman and Rita Angelini experience all five stages of grief. Terrified for their daughter, they bargain, plead, and beg for a miracle - and they get one, but it isn''t what they expected: though KiKi survives, her illness results in severe brain damage, and she is ultimately diagnosed with cerebral palsy. In the aftermath of this diagnosis, denial and anger take over. Rita fights to keep her vision of who she thinks KiKi could be, and she channels her energy into searching for a procedure - some therapy - that would change KiKi''s outcome. In pursuit of a cure, the Angelini family treks across the United States and abroad - but somewhere along the way, acceptance of and joy in who KiKi is prevails over the idea of ''fixing'' her. A memoir of unending hope, faith lost and rediscovered, and unconditional love, An Unexpected Normal offers other parents of children born with a disability hope that joy is always within reach - even in the most challenging of circumstances.