Will I love Freeing Teresa?

This is a poignant story of a quarrel that tore a family apart, but there is a wider message here. The elephant in the room is a care industry that has less to do with providing care for society’s most vulnerable members and more to do with maximizing profits for the pharmaceutical industry.

Freeing Teresa is an extraordinary story about Franke and her sister Teresa and their wider family.

Teresa has Down’s Syndrome but lived independently until her father died when the family had her declared incompetent and confined to residential care, from where she was rescued by Franke. The growing tensions in the family leading to a dramatic rescue make for a riveting read. A decade later, Teresa still lives independently and has won a Human Rights Award.

Freeing Teresa shows that people are not powerless against groups or systems. Franke shows the need to document everything, tread carefully, assemble a team.… show more.