FALL 2024
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By Forrest White
Muriel Kuhn
Are You Really OK?
“I Won’t Be Shaken!” There should be a book about Muriel Kuhn’s life. That much is certain. But things become blurry when you try to imagine the movie they’d make after the book became a bestseller.
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Hers is a story of unwavering faith, unconditional love and unending hope.
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But Hollywood types looking to make big bucks won’t always let facts get in the way of a good story.
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So, maybe they would try to play up the human suffering angle and focus on what ordinary people might see as a tale riddled with tragedy.
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Diagnosed with malignant melanoma at age 21. One surgery to remove half an eyebrow, half an eyelid and all the tissue down to her skull in the cancerous area. One major reconstructive surgery and six follow-up procedures. Twenty-two years of checkups at least twice each year to make sure the cancer hadn’t returned. Then, on the cusp of retirement, Parkinson’s disease …
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There’s a problem with the suffering angle, though. The main character isn’t ordinary. She won’t have any part of it.
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