{"id":27655,"date":"2025-10-31T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/27655\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T07:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:14:08","slug":"st-petersburg-fl-author-publishes-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/27655\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg, FL Author Publishes Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t “Ben’s Story: Living with Friedreich’s Ataxia”, a new book by Karen A. Oliver, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.<\/p>\n

When Karen Oliver’s son, Ben, was just fourteen, he was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare, degenerative genetic disorder that affects coordination, mobility, and the heart, often leading to cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias. Doctors told Karen that Ben would be in a wheelchair by seventeen and unlikely to live beyond thirty-four. But Ben refused to let those predictions define him.<\/p>\n

Ben’s Story shares his remarkable journey through the eyes of his mother, a story of courage, adventure, and unshakable spirit. From attending university and becoming a teacher, to traveling across the country and around the world, even skydiving, Ben lived with determination and joy that inspired everyone around him.<\/p>\n

Defying every expectation, Ben lived fifteen years longer than doctors predicted, filling each day with purpose, laughter, and love. Ben’s Story is a powerful reminder to live fully, embrace every challenge, and never let limits stand in the way of a life well lived.<\/p>\n

“Ben’s Story: Living with Friedreich’s Ataxia” is a 42-page paperback with a retail price of $12.00 (eBook $7.00). The ISBN is 979-8-89649-193-4. Published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For members of the press, to request a review copy or author interview, please visit https:\/\/bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com\/pages\/media-requests<\/a> or to buy the book, visit our online bookstore at https:\/\/bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com\/products\/bens-story-living-with-friedreich-s-ataxia<\/a> . For more information on publishing services, please visit https:\/\/www.dorrancepublishing.com\/<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Ben’s Story: Living with Friedreich’s Ataxia”, a new book by Karen A. Oliver, has been released by Dorrance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-27655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}