A Death Without Malice
We all have to make decisions. Some are harder than others. Marissa Sheldon has to decide whether her comatose husband should live or die.
Two years ago, George Sheldon went in for a simple operation, but never came home. A reaction to the anesthetic left him in a Persistent Vegetative State, and now, in A DEATH WITHOUT MALICE, his wife is forced to make a terrible choice that she does not have the courage to face. Her family tries to convince her that it's time to let go, but Marissa clings to a shred of hope that is not there. A meeting with a world-renowned neurologist, Gerhard Strauss, takes that shred of hope and makes it real when he tells her of a new stimulation therapy to arouse comatose patients. He offers Marissa a deal: if he cannot get results with her husband in two weeks, she must finally let him go. In the weeks that follow, Marissa must confront questions of life, death, and most of all love.
"A Death Without Malice starts off with a bang and never lets the reader go. Caught up in Marissa's torments and hopes, the reader is taken along for a ride that explores questions concerning love, life and death, and the Right to Die. Author M.N. Norton includes every angle in this well written and fast paced read, from not only the major character's point of view, but those of George's loved ones as well.
One of the better developed attempts on this issue, M.N. Norton's A Death Without Malice will not only provide a riveting read, but prompt readers to stop and think about 'What If…?'
Highly recommended read."
Denise M Clark, Gemini Reviews
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