false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255711845m/6149317.jpg 6149317 1 <DIV>Vicki Forman gave birth to Evan and Ellie, weighing just a pound at birth, at twenty-three weeks’ gestation. During the delivery she begged the doctors to "let her babies go" — she knew all too well that at twenty-three weeks they could very well die and, if they survived, they would face a high risk of permanent disabilities. However, California law demanded resuscitation. Her daughter died just four days later; her son survived and was indeed multiply disabled: blind, nonverbal, and dependent on a feeding tube. <P></P><P></P><I>This Lovely Life </I>tells, with brilliant intensity, of what became of the Forman family after the birth of the twins — the harrowing medical interventions and ethical considerations involving the sanctity of life and death. In the end, the longdelayed first steps of a five-year-old child will seem like the fist-pumping stuff of a triumph narrative. Forman’s intelligent voice gives a sensitive, nuanced rendering of her guilt, her anger, and her eventual acceptance in this portrait of a mother’s fierce love for her children. <P></P></DIV> 6328361 23 7 2009 This Lovely Life total:41|5:13|4:15|3:10|2:2|1:1| 41 160 113 20 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 10:11:29 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 13:01:53 -0700 2009 And from th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 15:14:27 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 14:40:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 06:10:37 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 07:56:29 -0700 2009 Vicki Forman's story of delivering and caring for her extremely premature twins is both gut-wrenching and inspiring in equal measure. The number of medical setba...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:46:18 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 12:41:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 20:17:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 20:23:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:38:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:43:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 15:37:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 15:44:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:24:05 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:26:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 16:16:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 16:20:00 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 11:45:22 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 11:54:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 14:07:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 07:59:51 -0700 2009 here.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:43:18 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:44:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 10:00:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 10:00:25 -0700 2009 http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 11:41:22 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 11:41:45 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 07:29:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 07:30:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 05:56:06 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:23:54 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 11:38:29 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 17:34:48 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Aug 25 17:35:16 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 19:54:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:56:31 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 21:22:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 30 07:10:29 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 04 09:41:45 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6149317