Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope

Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope | Don & Susie Van Ryn, Newell, Colleen & Whitney Cerak | Good book.

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	Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope Don & Susie Van Ryn, Newell, Colleen & Whitney Cerak Howard Books, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 127 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A story of faith in God

As an alumni of Taylor University I was instantly drawn to this story "Mistaken Identity". If anyone saw the special on Dateline with Matt Laurer or the Oprah show, then you know about what these two families have gone through. All in all it is amazing to see how God can work through tragedy
to spread his message of love and hope to our world. It is through this story that one can find true and powerful strength in and through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. If these two families can find strength to endure this tragedy then you should know that there is a personal God who loves you and wants to know you also!

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Good book.

Scary that this could happen to someone. The show and the book go hand in hand.

Very Sad, Yet Very Uplifting

It took me one day to read this book. I cried a lot while reading it, mainly because of the tragedy of the entire situation, not only the two girls involved, but the loss of all five students and the truck driver, who we only hear about in two short sentences. The book doesn't explain exactly what happened as to why the truck driver crossed over into the other lane to cause this accident, nor does it talk about the impact the accident had on his family, only on the two girls' families.

One thing I didn't understand is that no one noticed or realized that the girl in the hospital wasn't who they thought she was. NO ONE checked blood type (VERY important, especially if she needed plasma!), dental records, allergies to medicine, etc., until almost the very end. The two girls did look similar, yet a mother will know that the person in the bed isn't hers. Somehow the mother didn't know that the girl in the bed in a coma wasn't hers...that I found hard to believe. Another instance is that one person who wasn't a relative was allowed to go in to see her, yet she told a family member not to...strange! Perhaps she suspected that the girl in the bed wasn't really the sister? What motivated her to keep quiet?

Although as Christians they didn't discuss any lawsuits, even when it was brought up, I don't think that God would have been upset had they proceeded with one; it's only right that they should have...after all, lives were lost, funerals have to be paid for, transportation costs, etc. all have to be paid for by someone, even if the lawsuits weren't against the truck driver. Negligent actions by the truck driver? Drunk driving? Did he fall asleep at the wheel? Under the influence of narcotics? Driver inattention? Did he swerve to miss something in the road? Did his truck have a tire blow out? Nothing was said as to the cause of the accident, nor was anything said about the police report, which would have cleared up these questions.

Overall, it was a very inspiring and uplifting book. It is very strong on their Christian belief, which obviously helped all of them cope with the tragedy, however it was at times a little too "saccharine sweet" even for me, a somewhat practicing Christian.

Who are we to judge though? Who knows how any of us would react should we ever be in this situation?

I still recommend it in spite of the few negative points about it.

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