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Frames : a picture of death, drugs, and forgiveness
On August 21, 2004, Marilyn Jansma stopped to pay toll on a Chicago highway. Kevin Jansma played blocks with their son, Trey, on the living room floor. A car mechanic, spent from an all-night birthday celebration, left work and fell asleep at the wheel. FRAMES presents a real-life tragedy and its hopeful end by allowing the central characters to speak for themselves. Firsthand accounts stand side by side, forming an elegant and complex narrative collage. Interviews with the young widower and mechanic, as well as excerpts from Marilyn's journals and other primary source materials, draw the reader in with their highly personal revelations. Part oral history, part elegy, FRAMES shows that the many snapshots of our lives rarely stand alone, and one picture of death, drugs and forgiveness has lessons for us all.
116 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
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August 23, 2018
Very short quick read with a lot of white space. Written from multiple perspectives of those involved in a fatal accident.
I look inside grief, remorse, death, recovery, changed lives, and renewal.
There is a lot to think about as you go through this book.
A mother of a young child is killed in a DUI accident and this is a brief look inside the lives of those most intimately involved.
I look inside grief, remorse, death, recovery, changed lives, and renewal.
There is a lot to think about as you go through this book.
A mother of a young child is killed in a DUI accident and this is a brief look inside the lives of those most intimately involved.
August 9, 2016
When I was 10 or 11, a family friend lost his wife in a tragic car accident. She was 29. They had a 16-month-old son. I remember when this happened, but I was too young to really grasp the tragedy of what had occurred. This book was a simple, emotional, brilliant way of telling this story. The majority of it is from Kevin's point of view, but there are bits from his wife's journal and even from a conversation with the driver who was responsible for her death.
March 22, 2016
A short but meaningful little book that encapsulates the realities of tragedy and its aftermath. Knowing Kevin and his family brought the story home to me even more powerfully.
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