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Nancy has written and co-authored several books and publications in her
lifetime.
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Something's Not Right (1st Edition) (book is out of date, please consider
the 2nd Edition)
The Second Edition came out March 6,
2023, below
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Something's Not Right (2nd Edition)
Learning
disabilities (LD) are a root cause of major problems in our society. Vast
numbers of youngsters are not receiving appropriate education. Nancy Lelewer’s
story began when even less was known about learning disabilities than is known
today. In a gripping and fast-moving narrative style, this book brings home the
fact that LD persons need to receive instruction via different routes and
the earlier the better.
The Second Edition recently came out March 6,
2023, read a
sample here.
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here on Amazon
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- The Lelewer Legacy
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- Nancy Lelewer (pronounced like Delaware) describes growing up in a
loving family where she knew her grandparents well and spent lots of time
with her charismatic father and gracious mother. Many of the stories in this
book are in the voice of the person telling the story as she taped her
parents for several years. Other stories describe her experiences of
carrying on her family’s loving legacy. Multiple stories portray her
adventures and relationships with two special couples she met during summer
visits to Martha’s Vineyard. As Nancy spent time on their boats and in their
homes, the women became sisters and the couples an extended, loving family.
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here on Amazon
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- The Autobiography of
David Lelewer (edited, annotated and published by Nancy Lelewer)
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As the ship emptied out on Castle Island, New York, middle-age
David searched for his mother but couldn’t find her. Finally, there was only
one old lady left and David said to her, “Are you my mom?” It felt like a
lifetime since David had sailed for America, years after his father had been
lost at sea on his attempt, when David was five. Left behind with his mom
and many siblings, David watched his two younger sisters die from their lack
of means. This drove David to self-educate, reading late into the evening,
every book he could get his hands on, in their single room dwelling. At the
age of 18, David journeyed to America and over the years arranged passage
for each family member. Finally, with his mother’s arrival, all surviving
members of his family were reunited.
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- Harvard Institute of
Learning Review (Page 131 Sue and Gracie)
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- As I entered the hospital room, I found Sue crying next to Gracie’s
crib and realized this was a child who was dying, not just sick. While
trying to feed Gracie in Charlotte, when her entire small intestine had
died, the nurses destroyed all of Gracie’s tiny veins, so there was no way
to get food into her. Sue had flown Gracie to Boston as a last hope of
saving her life. The doctor at Boston Children’s Hospital had already
operated once. Now he reported Gracie would need another surgery. The tube
he had placed through her liver to her heart to feed her was flopping around
and, if left, would destroy her liver. He needed to glue her organs together
and sew the tube to the liver. This night Sue agreed to come home with me.
We purchased liver and I gave her my sewing kit. As I fixed dinner, Sue sat
and sewed the liver. Her daughter’s life depended on the knots holding.
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- The HILR review is not available.
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- Aging Wisely (Chapters 3,
Serendipity, and Chapter 24, Dealing with Hearing and Visual Loss as
We Age)
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- Aging Wisely’s chapters are authored by a variety of seniors. I
contributed two chapters. One describes my journey through many doors, where
each led to another exciting adventure. A dinner party led to an appointment
at MIT doing research in dyslexia, which led to my starting a Swedish
wheelchair company in the US, which led to International meetings on the
brains of dyslexics, which led to an appointment at Harvard Medical School
to do dyslexia research, and much more. The second is my account of being
directed to Dr. Roland in New York when no one in Boston would give me a
cochlear implant. Dr. Roland operated on me. I got my hearing and my life
back.
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here on Amazon
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