Driving Miss Norma : an inspirational story about what really matters at the end of life / Tim Bauerschmidt, Ramie Liddle.
Publication details: New York, NY : HarperOne, c2017.Description: 239 pages : col. ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780062664389
- Bauerschmidt, Norma, 1925-2016 -- Travel -- United States
- Bauerschmidt, Tim -- Travel -- United States
- Liddle, Ramie -- Travel -- United States
- Terminally ill -- Family relationships -- Biography
- Older women -- United States -- Biography
- Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Quality of life -- Philosophy
- Mothers and sons -- Biography
- Families -- Travel -- United States
- Travel -- Psychological aspects
- Recreational vehicles
- United States -- Description and travel
- 917.304/932 23
- E169.Z83 B38 2017
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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900 - 999 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | BIOG 917.304 BAUE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001108506 |
Prologue: Home : Baja California Sur, Mexico -- Priorities : Presque Isle, Michigan -- Exploration : Northern Michigan -- Discovery : The Heartland -- Trust : Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming -- Perspective : Boulder, Colorado -- Dreams : Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico -- Healing : Fort Myers Beach, Florida -- Flight : Orlando, Florida -- Impact : Saint Augustine, Florida -- Kindness : Hilton Head Island and Charleston, South Carolina -- Celebration : Marietta and Atlanta, Georgia -- Integrity : Newport News, Virginia -- Flavor : Winthrop, Massachusetts to Bar Harbor, Maine -- Balance : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming -- Change : Friday Harbor, Washington -- Rest : Baja California Sur, Mexico.
When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma--newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage--rose to her full height of five feet and told her doctor, 'I'm ninety years old. I'm hitting the road.' Packing what she needed, Norma took off on an unforgettable cross-country journey with three professional nomads--her retired son Tim, his wife Ramie, and their standard poodle Ringo--in a thirty-six-foot RV. Driving Miss Norma is the charming, infectiously joyous chronicle of their experiences on the road--a transformative journey of living life on your own terms that shows us that it is never too late to begin an adventure, inspire hope, or become a trailblazer.
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