Driving Miss Norma One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living - Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction

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Publisher's Synopsis

"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. As this once timid woman says 'yes' to living in the face of death, she tries regional foods for the first time, zi

Book information

ISBN: 9781410498519
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Imprint: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub date:
Edition: Large print edition
DEWEY: 917.304932
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 347 (large print)
Weight: -1g