num_pages: 275
description: Meet Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak: one buried under the wrong name one in a coma and being cared for by the wrong family. This shocking case of mistaken identity stunned the country and made national news. Would it destroy a family? Shatter their faith? Push two families into bitterness resentment and guilt? Read this unprecedented story of two traumatized families who describe their ordeal and explore the bond sustaining and uniting them as they deal with their bizarre reversal of life lost and life found. And join Whitney Cerak the sole surviving student as she comes to terms with her new identity forever altered yet on the brink of new beginnings. Mistaken Identity weaves a complex tale of honesty vulnerability loss hope faith and love in the face of one of the strangest twists of circumstance imaginable.
language: English
title: Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
publisher: Simon and Schuster