Knowing Jesse
Subtitle: a mother's story of grief, grace, and everyday bliss
By: Marianne Leone.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781439183922; 9781439184165
Subjects: Leone, Marianne; Leone, Jesse, -- 1987-2005; Mothers and sons -- United States -- Biography; Cerebral palsied children -- United States -- Biography; Cerebral palsied children -- Family relationships; Parental grief -- United States
Genres: Biography
Description: Jesse Cooper was an honor-roll student who loved to windsurf and write poetry. He also had severe cerebral palsy and was quadriplegic, unable to speak, and wracked by seizures. He died suddenly at age seventeen. His mother, Marianne Leone, chronicles her transformation by the remarkable life and untimely death of her child. An unforgettable memoir of joy, grief, and triumph, this book unlocks the secret of unconditional love and speaks to all families who strive to do right by their children.--[book jacket].