Reply #7: Schiavos' parents BOOK hits stores March 28........ [View All]

Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings repeat old charges against Michael Schiavo, but add personal details of a painful 15 years.

By CURTIS KRUEGER and ANITA KUMAR
Published March 14, 2006
******still looking for the almighty $$$ here..their cash cow is gone.pure and simple.....


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Now, for the first time, members of the Schindler family have shared their pain in a book, which is set to hit stores March 28.

In A Life That Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo - A Lesson for Us All , family members once again accuse Terri's husband Michael of abusing her, and blast judges for overlooking evidence that might have kept her alive.

But it also tells the story of a family in a nightmare, as the Schindlers cope first with the collapse of Terri, who suffered severe brain damage after her heart stopped mysteriously in 1990, and then with the possibility of losing her altogether.

The book was written by Terri's parents, Mary and Bob Schindler, as well as Terri's brother, Bobby, and sister, Suzanne Schindler Vitadamo, with help from a professional author.


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"To our amazement, people came up to ask for our autographs, as if we were celebrities," Schiavo's mother wrote, describing memorial services after her daughter's death.

She added in a footnote: "But all we did was fight for our daughter's life. Why does that make us celebrities?"

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The book portrays Michael Schiavo, who said Terri would have wanted her feeding tube removed in such a condition, as controlling, mercurial and violent.

Bobby says Michael once pushed him on a couch "and had me with his hand around my throat."

Suzanne says, "I would see bruises on Terri and she would always brush them off as horseplay."

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/03/14/Tampabay/Schiavo_kin_tell_of_o.shtml