Replacement Child, Judy L. Mandel
Replacement Child, Judy L. Mandel
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Replacement Child
A Memoir

Author: Judy L. Mandel

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 6 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2019


Synopsis

Judy L. Mandel was born into a family crippled by grief. But it would be years before she would discover the shocking circumstances of their loss.

In her award-winning memoir, Replacement Child—now a New York Times bestseller—Mandel tells the true story of a horrifying accident: A plane crashes into a family's home, leaving one daughter severely burned and another dead. The death of the child leaves a hole in the family that threatens to tear it apart. In an attempt to fill the painful gap, the parents have a "replacement child."

This powerful tale of love and lies, family and hope, is an intimate account of being brought into the world to provide "a salve for the burns." As a child, Mandel unwittingly rides the deep and hidden currents of her family's grief—until her discovery of this family secret, years later, changes her life forever, forcing her to confront the complex layers of her relationships with her father, mother, and sister.

About Judy L. Mandel

Judy L. Mandel began her career as a journalist, branched out to public relations, and settled in corporate marketing, where she worked for more than twenty years as a marketing director for several Fortune 100 companies. She currently lives in Connecticut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marianne on March 15, 2013

I just finished reading this book and I must say I am blown away towards the end of the story. You see, I have never considered myself a replacement child, until reading this story. I was adopted after my mother gave birth to two kids and had about a dozen miscarriages. Unfortunately, my story did n......more

Goodreads review by Ephemera Pie on January 26, 2013

Replacement Child by Judy L. Mandel This is a memoir about what happened after American Airlines Flight 6780, a Convair 240, crashed into a house on January 22, 1952 at Elizabeth, New Jersey. The story retells the events of the accident. Seven-year-old Donna Mandel was killed. Two-year-old sister Li......more

Goodreads review by Alexis on February 16, 2015

Wow - what a poignant story. I'm obsessed with air crashes and saw this book mentioned when reading about a plane crash that occurred in NJ in 1952, where some people on the ground going about their daily lives were killed. Including a 7-year-old girl. This story goes through how that tragedy shaped......more

Goodreads review by Grace on September 06, 2012

This book illustrates the devastating effects of a mother and a father who unwittingly misplace their grief over a lost child. Understandable since it was many years ago, before we understood the grief process and mental health the way we do today. Rather than go through the proper grieving process......more

Goodreads review by Lori L on March 05, 2013

Replacement Child: A Memoir by Judy L. Mandel opens with a newspaper story: "ELIZABETH, N.J. —Elizabeth’s second aviation holocaust in thirty-seven days today had claimed at least twenty-eight lives . . . The ship plunged into the two houses near the southeast corner of South and Williamson streets a......more