Tim Bauerschmidt, Ramie Liddle

Driving Miss Norma (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'A life-affirming book' Daily Mail

'An uplifting personal story of a year lived like no other' Daily Express

Two days after her husband of sixty-seven years dies, nonagenarian Miss Norma is diagnosed with cancer. When given her treatment options - surgery, chemo and radiotherapy - she rises to her full five feet and says in the strongest voice she can muster: 'I'm ninety years old. I'm hitting the road!'

Driving Miss Norma is the story of her inspirational road trip across the US in a thirty-six-foot motorhome with her son, Tim, his wife, Ramie and their Poodle, Ringo - showing us that it's never too late to begin an adventure, inspire hope or become a trailblazer. As the journey unfolds, Miss Norma finally spreads her wings and lives life on her own terms for the very first time. With each adventure a once timid Miss Norma says YES to living in the face of death - whether it's experiencing her very first pedicure or taking the hot air balloon ride her late husband never found time for.

With each passing mile - and one hilarious visit to a cannabis dispensary - Miss Norma's health improves and conversations that had once been taboo begin to unfold. Norma, Tim and Ramie bond in ways they could never have anticipated and their definitions of home, family and friendship are rewritten as strangers become friends and shower them with kindness.

Bursting with Miss Norma's generous spirit, Driving Miss Norma ignites a renewed sense of life, family, fun and self-discovery - at any age.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Transworld
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473543584
• Artikelnr.: 46772484

Autorenporträt

Tim Bauerschmidt (Author)
Like most people who find themselves caring for one or both of their elderly parents, Tim and Ramie were not experts in the field. Ramie was a high school counselor with a background in parks and recreation; Tim tabled his journalism degree to remodel homes. Later, they chose to embrace a nomadic lifestyle with Ringo, their Poodle.

In 2011, the couple began sharing photos and stories about 'life on the road' on their blog www.poodleinapod.blogspot.com. Ramie started the wildly-popular Facebook page, 'Driving Miss Norma', in late August 2015. A few months later, the page went viral and now has over 500,000 followers from around the globe. Miss Norma's story has been covered by nearly every major world news-media outlet, and the book about her year-long journey is published in at least eight languages.

Ramie Liddle (Author)
Like most people who find themselves caring for one or both of their elderly parents, Tim and Ramie were not experts in the field. Ramie was a high school counselor with a background in parks and recreation; Tim tabled his journalism degree to remodel homes. Later, they chose to embrace a nomadic lifestyle with Ringo, their standard poodle.

In 2011, the couple began sharing photos and stories about 'life on the road' on their blog www.poodleinapod.blogspot.com. Ramie started the wildly-popular Facebook page, 'Driving Miss Norma', in late August 2015. A few months later, the page went viral and now has over 500,000 followers from around the globe. Miss Norma's story has been covered by nearly every major world news-media outlet, and the book about her year-long journey will be published in at least eight languages.

Rezensionen

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Besprechung von 18.01.2018

Alternatives Ableben

"Der Unterschied zwischen ,am Leben sein' und ,leben' war längst nicht so fein, wie wir gedacht hatten." Das Buch "Driving Miss Norma", dem eine Facebook-Seite mit knapp einer halben Million Followers vorausging, ist ein ergreifendes Plädoyer gegen klinische Lebensverlängerungsmaßnahmen und für ein alternatives Aufleben und Ableben im Kreis der Familie. Die Eheleute Tim Bauerschmidt und Ramie Liddle schildern in wechselnden Kapiteln die letzte Reise vor der letzten Reise der Mutter Tims. Kurz nach dem Krebstod ihres Gatten erhält auch Norma eine Tumordiagnose und den klassischen Behandlungsplan samt Chemotherapie. "Ich bin neunzig Jahre alt, ich gehe auf Reisen!", eröffnet sie hierauf dem Arzt und schließt sich Tim und Ramie samt Pudel auf einem Roadtrip an, der sie über zwanzigtausend Kilometer durch zweiunddreißig amerikanische Bundesstaaten führt. An Abenteuern und Begegnungen herrscht kein Mangel, zumal nach der steigenden Medien-Präsenz Normas. Rollstuhlfahrten führen durch Disneyländer und Nationalparks, und Norma versucht sich als Cheerleader und Goldwäscherin. Rückblicke tragen zur biographischen Quellensuche bei. Das Buch erzählt in berührenden Bildern von Sterblichkeit als Menschenrecht. Fernab der Schulmedizin beschwört es die Nebenwirkung Glück einer familiär umsorgten statt klinisch verwalteten Todgeweihten und Lebensqualität als eine von der Ärzteschaft sträflich vernachlässigte Kategorie.

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"Driving Miss Norma. Sag Ja zum Leben" von Tim Bauerschmidt und Ramie Liddle. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München 2017. 288 Seiten, zahlreiche Farbfotos. Gebunden, 18 Euro.

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