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."
What, no movie deal yet? Come on folks, cash in while you still can.
Cha-ching!
Not really living up to your screen name, are ya...
It's not about the money...................
Just the thing to complete your Saint Terri shrine!
I'm sorry to see they're doing this.
14m 49s... 14m 50s... 14m 51s... 14m 52s....
like.THAT was not coming....I feel book two: The other side...On sale at a Sam's club near you...By.Christmas!
I'll buy the book to help support life. God bless Terri's family. It is still hard to believe that the United States
of America actually allowed Terri to be killed.
I wonder if Michael is donating his proceeds to charity?
I am not sorry. I am glad they will be getting some money after all that POS husband put Terri's family through. I had a brother in law just like him. What a jerk!!
Suggested title: Well if she's dead, I might as well make a little money off her
They are donating the profits. I wonder if Michael is doing the same?
The hubby is the one that's going to cash in on a movie deal.
The parents are giving the money to the foundation to help brain damaged people.
I had a step mother just like him. She was big a** hole. She didn't even tell us when my Dad died.
"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 Schindlers ARE the foundation, and as such can pay themselves salaries out of the proceeds of the Foundation. Their whole family are listed as the officers of the Foundation. Thus, by putting the book sale money into the Foundation, they will be able to tap these monies at will to pay themselves and profit off of the book.
So, all of you guys who think this isn't just another scam to make money, aren't based in reality. This is just a clever way for the Schindlers to do a book, look like they aren't profiting from it to maintain their "wholesome image", while snookering their Terri supporters base into thinking otherwise. You're being had.
Is Michael donating any profits to charity?
Is Michael donating any profits to charity?
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