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A terminally ill teenager is forced to choose between her religion and her life Adam doesn't think much of it when Miriam faints in class. She's an oddball, a student who hardly talks, never makes eye contact, and wears clothes that seem straight out of the 19th century. She says she's fine, and he wants to believe her. But when she passes out while they're working on an English assignment, Adam takes Miriam to the last place she wants to go: the hospital. Miriam has bone cancer. She believes that God will heal her, but if He doesn't, she plans to let herself die. Miriam is a member of a devout religious sect in which women have little power and medicine is strictly forbidden. In order for Miriam to forgo treatment, Adam's father sues the state on her behalf--even as Adam himself tries to convince her to accept the doctors' help. As her illness rages on, Miriam will teach Adam the meaning of love and faith--and he will give her a reason to live. … (más)
I was obsessed with this book as a pre-teen; picked up a library copy to see how it holds up some 18 or 20 years later. Will try to jot some thoughts later. ( )
When I was growing up, this was one of my favorite books. (In fact, I bought a second copy because my first one was so tron up) Adam is a typical American teenage boy. Although he was raised Jewish, he doesn't really believe in it. Miriam is a classmate of Adam's who belongs to a religious sect that, among other things, frowns on medical treatment. When it turns out that she has cancer, the government requires that she be treated for it. Adam and Miriam are assigned to do a project together, and this leads to their lives becoming increasingly connected, and, amongst the legal battle of religion versus the state, they fall in love... ( )
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To the people and ideals of Inter-Faith Ministries -- Wichita
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Poetry is a bitch.
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I'd had it. "You know something, Mrs. Loomis?" "Adam," my father warned, but I ignored him. "You talk about 'the gravity of the situation,' but let me tell you what's really grave. It's having this disease that's probably going to kill you. It's having your family fight it out in court." I looked at my father, and he turned his eyes away. "You think I'm going to worry about some event that changed history a million years ago? Grinnell College doesn't care, but personally, what's going on with Miriam Pelham is the most important event in history right now."
I wanted to cry for the injustice of it all, for how they were violating my body and soul, for the nausea and hair loss I'd have, for the two or three people before me who'd gone into congestive heart failure, for Blanding's children. But I couldn't cry, because I knew that, come morning, I would have to face the sagging disappointment of Brother James, who had had such faith in me.
"Let me get this straight: You're defending their right to deny treatment, but you think she's going to die if the doctors don't treat her?" "Law of averages," my father said. "People don't survive cancer any better today than they did in 1950." "But what about this miracle healing? You were there. she had a mob of people believing it happened. She believes it." "Aw, Adam, there are no miracles," my father said. "You goddamned hypocrite!" ... I grabbed my jacket and ran, slamming the door so hard the windows rattled.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
A terminally ill teenager is forced to choose between her religion and her life Adam doesn't think much of it when Miriam faints in class. She's an oddball, a student who hardly talks, never makes eye contact, and wears clothes that seem straight out of the 19th century. She says she's fine, and he wants to believe her. But when she passes out while they're working on an English assignment, Adam takes Miriam to the last place she wants to go: the hospital. Miriam has bone cancer. She believes that God will heal her, but if He doesn't, she plans to let herself die. Miriam is a member of a devout religious sect in which women have little power and medicine is strictly forbidden. In order for Miriam to forgo treatment, Adam's father sues the state on her behalf--even as Adam himself tries to convince her to accept the doctors' help. As her illness rages on, Miriam will teach Adam the meaning of love and faith--and he will give her a reason to live.
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