Posted on 09/27/2005 12:47:03 PM PDT by Crackingham
Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings are writing a book about their struggle in the epic end-of-life case that divided the country and captured the attention of everyone from the Pope John Paul II to President Bush, their publisher said Tuesday. The yet untitled memoir by parents Bob and Mary Schindler, brother Bobby Schindler and sister Suzanne Vitadamo will be published in March to coincide with the first anniversary of the death of the brain-damaged woman, whose feeding tube was removed after her husband won a court order to do so.
"This book is the moving story of an ordinary family caught up in extraordinary circumstances, and it will set the record straight for the first time," said Jamie Raab, senior vice president and publisher at Warner Books in New York.
The Schindlers' book is likely to compete for space on the shelves with a memoir by Terri Schiavo's husband, Michael, who fought his in-laws in court for eight years to end her life, arguing she would not have wanted to be kept alive in what doctors called a persistent vegetative state. Michael Schiavo said he is collaborating on the book with author Michael Hirsh. The 280-page book is titled "Terri: the Truth," and is planned for release in March by Dutton Publishing.
The Schindlers will donate profits from the book to a foundation they established when they were fighting to save Terri's life, Warner Books said. The foundation now is dedicated to protecting severely disabled people.
The press release announcing the book said Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings "fought simply as a caring family and never the ideological zealots depicted by the mainstream media.
"For the first time ever, they will share their love and sorrow, joy and pain, and some shocking revelations as they honor Terri's life, mourn her death, and finally tell the whole story, the true story, of an innocent woman who met a needlessly premature death."
I see where someone put in a keyword to make the Schindler's look bad....a typical stunt by the AF crowd!
Man, it's all about cashing in. Make a big name for yourself and, as long as you don't do anything criminal, get a book and/or movie deal. Movie deal sure to follow.
Yea, and I've got some waterside property to sell you. The fact is that they're both cashing in. After all, it's the American way.
This coming from someone always demanding irrefutable proof of all things. Now Hildy, show us all the proof you have to validate this libelous and odious accusation.
easier to predict than hurricane landfall...
Michael Schiavo is co-writing a book with author Michael Hirsh to tell his side of the end-of-life case that divided much of the country. Schiavo's wife Terri suffered a brain injury in 1990 that left her in what some doctors called a "persistent vegetative state." She died March 31 after a bitter court battle between her husband and her parents.Hirsh expects the 280-page book, "Terri: the Truth," to be available just before the first anniversary of Terri's death. Dutton Publishing publicity manager Jean Anne Rose confirmed that the company is publishing the book in March.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486943/posts
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050918/ap_en_ot/brf_schiavo_book
So easy to predict. However, I won't say bad things about exnavychick like she does me now....I will leave that to her buddies at CP...or so-called buddies I should say. Anyway, I guess I get to share in the prize....didn't take 'em long and I'm back on the All-Star line-up!
Isn't it comforting to know they hate you? I'd be worried if they didn't.
not i... i'm very glad they are doing this... they have a story to tell... on the other hand, i couldn't care less about Mike Schiavo's story...
The queen bee will show up tonight, surrounded by her minions. Yawn.
I see the vicious pro-death trolls lurk, still.
Which story? One of the ones he's already told, or one of his future stories?
I'm not advocating FORCED euthanaisa, I'm talkin about chosen euthansai. But you already know that.
You advocated the forced euthanasia of Terri Schindler, and you still do.
I just hate to choose happy death by dehydrating myself to death. Do we know anyone else who chooses that method?
Maybe an old woman with Alzheimer's, confused, and being coached by a greedy heir.
"And that is probably HOW they support themselves"
A sucker's born every day.
And Paula Jones started out saying she was going to donate her proceeds from Playboy and whatever other publicity seeking things she did (can't even remember them anymore), and we know how long THAT lasted.
LOL! Me too. I guess I just don't care enough about them to go talk about them on another board. Oh, well....I guess my opinion is important to them.
Have you seen the evidence that Michael Schiavo is not donating any of his profits to charity, or you just speculating that he's going to keep all the money?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.