{"product_id":"unstoppable-heart-9780996939003","title":"Unstoppable Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e Ronnie Botwinick Londner's son Michael entered the world eleven weeks premature. At three days old, Mikey suffered bleeding in his brain, further threatening his already-tenuous grasp on life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut Mikey survived to grow into a bright and cheerful boy with physical disabilities. His life pushed Londner and her family into difficult emotional, medical, and ethical terrain-but also enriched them with joy and love. Then, suddenly and unexpectedly, Mikey died at the age of eight. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, thirty years after Mikey's birth, Londner shares her son's story to comfort families facing similar tragedies-and raise important questions about how we view issues of life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLondner tackles tough topics with grace, compassion, and even humor. She uses her personal experience as a mother and a medical researcher, writer, and lecturer to explore issues including premature birth, infant surgery without anesthesia, disability, the death of a child, the death of a spouse, organ donation, lawsuits, decisions about having more children, and the impact that educational, religious and medical institutions have on our choices, decisions and lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronnie Botwinick Londner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sonnenschein Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996939003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonnie Botwinick Londner is a medical writer and researcher. She has coauthored several books on disability issues and written for many national and local publications on science and medical topics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLondner teaches two popular courses at the University of Miami and other venues: Helping Yourself or Others Through Life's Tragedies, and A Caregivers Guide: How to Do the Job Well While Preserving your Own Well-Being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe founder of two parent support groups, she has spoken at medical conferences, hospitals, and the University of Miami Medical School on ethics in neonatology, organ donation, parents' rights, and what physicians can do to avoid being sued\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1972, she was the first female motorcycle courier to work for a national television news network. She was thrilled when Walter Cronkite gave her the nickname, \"Sparky.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally from Brooklyn, New York, Londner earned her master's of education in counseling psychology from the University of Miami. The widow of a popular news reporter, Londner lives in Miami and has two surviving children and two grandsons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonnenschein Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44115485098099,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3aeabd85-f0f6-4659-942c-949c1ce4ac1a.jpg?v=1764248544","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/unstoppable-heart-9780996939003","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}