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© 2021 by Maria J. Kefalas

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Text design and composition by Kim Arney

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kefalas, Maria J., author.

Title: Harnessing grief : one mother’s quest for meaning and miracles / Maria J. Kefalas.

Description: Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020010986 (print) | LCCN 2020010987 (ebook) | ISBN 9780807040256 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780807040263 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Kefalas, Maria J., 1967- | Kefalas, Calliope Joy, 2009—Health. | Metachromatic leukodystrophy—Patients—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—Biography. | Metachromatic leukodystrophy—Patients—Family relationships—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia. | Parents of terminally ill children—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—Biography.

Classification: LCC RC366.3.L48 K43 2021 (print) | LCC RC366.3.L48 (ebook) | DDC 362.1968/30092 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020010986

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020010987