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Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope

by Don Van Ryn

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Publisher Comments:

Meet Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak: one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma and being cared for by the wrong family.

This shocking case of mistaken identity stunned the country and made national news. Would it destroy a family? Shatter their faith? Push two families into bitterness, resentment, and guilt?

Read this unprecedented story of two traumatized families who describe their ordeal and explore the bond sustaining and uniting them as they deal with their bizarre reversal of life lost and life found.

And join Whitney Cerak, the sole surviving student, as she comes to terms with her new identity, forever altered, yet on the brink of new beginnings.

Mistaken Identity weaves a complex tale of honesty, vulnerability, loss, hope, faith, and love in the face of one of the strangest twists of circumstances imaginable.

Synopsis:

Straight from the headlines comes the story of two students, one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma being cared for by the wrong family, and the heart wrenching discovery five weeks later that their identities had been mistakenly reversed. of b&w photos.

About the Author

The Cerak family — Newell, Colleen, Carly, Whitney and Sandra Sepulveda — lives in northern Michigan, where Newell is a youth pastor and Colleen is a PE teacher and coach.

Carly graduated from Taylor University and has lived in Africa for the last six months starting a new ministry to street kids.

Sandra took a year from Grand Valley State University and joined with Invisible Children to bring awareness of the plight of children in Uganda. She is currently back at GVSU finishing her nursing degree.

Whitney is now a junior at Taylor University majoring in psychology. She is confident in God's healing and the revelation of the Holy Spirit in her life.

Table of Contents

Prologue

1 THE EXCHANGE

2 APRIL 26, 2006

3 ICU

4 COMING TO GRIPS WITH A NEW REALITY

5 WAITING

6 COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF PAIN

7 FROM FORT WAYNE TO SYDNEY AND EVERY POINT IN BETWEEN

8 FIRST MILESTONE

9 "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WHITNEY"

10 TURNING A CORNER

11 A CELEBRATION OF LIFE

12 "HI"

13 "LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN"

14 WAKING UP

15 MISTAKEN IDENTITY

16 TELLING THE FAMILY

17 BACK FROM THE DEAD

18 HOPE IN TRAGEDY

19 AFTER THE HURRICANE

20 FAST FORWARD

21 MOVING AHEAD

Epilogue from Whitney

In Honor of Those Lost

Acknowledgments

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tarablythe, May 29, 2008 (view all comments by tarablythe)
This story is utterly heart breaking. To know that a family stood by their daughter's hospital bed for five weeks amazed that they were lucky enough to have her survive only to have that taken away in one quick second: Please write your name ... W-H-I-T-N-E-Y, is a horrible realization. With that they finally realized that there had been a horrible mistake. This is the story of the Van Ryn and Cerak families. They open their hearts to the world and tell their story with this book. This is a story that cannot be ignored.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781416567356
Subtitle:
Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
Author:
Van Ryn, Don
Author:
Don
Author:
VanRyn, Don and Susie
Author:
Cerak, Newell, Colleen
Author:
Van Ryn, Susie
Author:
Tabb, Mark
Author:
Cerak, Whitney
Author:
Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak
Author:
Whitney
Author:
Cerak, Newell
Author:
Newell, Colleen
Author:
Cerak, Newell, Colleen and Whitney
Author:
&
Author:
Susie
Author:
Vanryn, Don &. Susie
Author:
Susie Van Ryn
Author:
Don and Susie Van Ryn
Publisher:
Howard Books
Subject:
Religious
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Spiritual biography
Subject:
Daughters
Subject:
Spiritual biography -- United States.
Publication Date:
March 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
275
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in

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