Driving Miss Norma
Tim Bauerschmidt and
Ramie Liddle
What do
you do if you're 90 years old and your doctor tells you that you have
cancer and will therefore need an unpleasant round of radiation and
chemotherapy? Well, if you are Norma Bauerschmidt, you tell the
doctor, no thanks I'm hitting the road with my son and his partner.
Then you move into an RV and take off across the country on an
adventure.
Driving
Miss Norma, told by son Tim and
partner Ramie is a look at Norma's quest and determination to live
the remainder of her life the way she wanted, with dignity and in the
company of her family and in a place she could call home, instead of
an impersonal and unfamiliar hospital. From the tales and accounts in
this memoir it seems they all had a whale of a time. Norma was always
up for an adventure and as a result gained a legion of fans on the
families Facebook page.
Tim and Ramie presented an open and honest account of life on the
road, and the challenges of being a caregiver. But most of all, I
think this story shows that it's never to late to enjoy the life you
have, while it is still yours to enjoy.
Thanks to Shelf-Awareness and the Harper One Team for allowing me to read this book in exchange
for an honest review.
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