Casa Angelica : Arlene's Legacy by Arrigoni, Rena - 1997

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: University of Nevada Press, 1997. First Edition . X. Near Fine/As New. 6" x 9 1/2. 122 Pages. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering to spine. Signed and inscribed by the author. The pediatric specialist confirmed their worst fears: the Arrigonis' baby daughter Arlene had suffered irreversible eye, liver, and brain damage as a result of an undiagnosed birth defect. When Rena and Al Arrigoni left the doctor's office that April morning in 1957, they knew for the first time why Arlene had needed to be hospitalized so many times during her first six months. But what they could only begin to understand was how they were going to care for her. Arlene's physicians predicted she would survive just eight years; she lived to be twenty-two. This book is the story of parenting a child with disabilities. For eleven years the Arrigonis raised Arlene at home, seeing her through countless medical emergencies and coming to appreciate her tenacious will to live. In… Read More

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. About Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in blue cloth w/silver spine titles. About Fine book w/owner name front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked; in Fine DJ, now in clear protective cover. GENERICALLY BUT WARMLY INSCRIBED ["Lots of Love"] AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. 122pp; illustrated in photos.

Albuquerque, New Mexco: University of New Mexico Press, 1997. First Edition . Hard Back. Near Fine/As New. 6" x 9 1/2. 122 Pages. Three line gift inscription on title page signed by the author. Interior text pages near flawless. Blue cloth with as new dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs. The pediatric specialist confirmed their worst fears: the Arrigonis' baby daughter Arlene had suffered irreversible eye, liver, and brain damage as a result of an undiagnosed birth defect. When Rena and Al Arrigoni left the doctor's office that April morning in 1957, they knew for the first time why Arlene had needed to be hospitalized so many times during her first six months. But what they could only begin to understand was how they were going to care for her. Arlene's physicians predicted she would survive just eight years; she lived to be twenty-two. This book is the story of parenting a child with disabilities. For eleven years the Arrigonis raised Arlene at home, seeing her through… Read More

University of New Mexico Press, 1997-08-01. Hardcover. Good.