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Miles from the Sideline
Miles from the Sideline
A Mother's Journey with Her Special Needs Daughter
Author : Maura Weis
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 1-933495-03-0
Published: Mar 2008

In this powerful and honest book, written with journalist Jessica Trobaugh Temple, Maura Weis, wife of Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis, shares the challenges and blessings of raising their special needs daughter, Hannah.

In a moving story that will both bring tears to your eyes and a smile to your face, Maura Weis bravely describes the emotional ups and downs of life with Hannah--now twelve--and she reveals how she has learned to see her daughter, and others with special needs, as gifts who have important lessons in awareness and compassion to teach us all. She also explains how her own spiritual transformation and awakening inspired the Weises to found Hannah & Friends to offer hope and assistance to others in need. Weis speaks straight from the heart with strength, passion, and faith to offer parents of special needs children both a depth of understanding and the encouragement that only one who has shared their journey can give. Both absorbing and healing, Miles from the Sideline will speak to anyone whose life has been touched by a child with special needs.

Links of Interest:


Media Coverage:

NBC halftime special (from Nov. 1, 2008 game) featuring the Weis family and the Hannah & Friends farm.

Charlie Weis, has been appointed to the Presidential Committee for people with intellectual disabilities. Click here to watch the video.

"Coach's wife writes book on disabled daughter"
-- ABC7's Karen Meyer interviews Maura Weis about her journey parenting a child with special needs and her work with her non-profit organization, Hannah & Friends.

"A conversation with Maura Weis"--WNDU reporter Maureen McFadden interviews Maura about parenting a special needs child.

Listen to a podcast interview of Maura Weis on Betsy Ross' show, The Front Row, on NPR.

Listen to a podcast interview of Maura Weis on CatholicMom.com.

Read an interview of Maura Weis on Christianbook.com.

Miles from the Sideline is #2 on the April 2008 list of Catholic Bestsellers from the Catholic Book Publishers Association. You can view the full list here: http://www.cbpa.org/images/CBLApril08.pdf

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Miles from the Sideline--Table of Contents
Miles from the Sideline--Foreword by Charlie Weis
Miles from the Sideline--Chapter 1
EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Weis does an extraordinary job of engaging the reader...
- by Laura Ponticello. Creekside Books & Coffee. 5/23/08.

...a must read for anyone...
- by Laura Ponticello. www.curledupkids.com. 3/19/08.

...valuable as a source of insight...
- by Leticia Velasquez. www.catholicexchange.com. 3/8/08.

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