Freeing Teresa
Book description
Freeing Teresa is a true story about an activist who tries to stop her powerful siblings from putting their disabled sister into a nursing home. She fails. And then must rescue her sister.
Franke James immediately objected when she heard her siblings’ plan to put their youngest sister, Teresa Heartchild,…
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Freeing Teresa is an extraordinary story about Franke and her sister Teresa and their wider family.
Teresa has Down’s Syndrome but lived independently until her father died when the family had her declared incompetent and confined to residential care, from where she was rescued by Franke. The growing tensions in the family leading to a dramatic rescue make for a riveting read. A decade later, Teresa still lives independently and has won a Human Rights Award.
Freeing Teresa shows that people are not powerless against groups or systems. Franke shows the need to document everything, tread carefully, assemble a team.…
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