Knowing Jesse: A Mother's Story of Grief, Grace, and Everyday Bliss

by Marianne Leone

Book Overview

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. In fiercely honest, surprisingly funny, and sometimes heartbreaking prose, Jesse's mother, Marianne Leone, chronicles her transformation by the remarkable life and untimely death of her child. An unforgettable memoir of joy, grief, and triumph,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439183929
• ISBN13: 9781439183922
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.7"