From wikipedia the free encyclopedia mistaken identity two families one survivor unwavering hope is a best selling non fiction book describing an incident in which the identities of two young female casualties were confused after a vehicle crash it was published by howard books on march 25 2008. Mistaken identity two families one survivor unwavering hope amazonde don susie van ryn newell colleen whitney cerak mark tabb fremdsprachige bucher. Mistaken identity two families one survivor unwavering hope van ryn don susie cerak newell colleen whitney tabb mark thayer lillian isbn . Mistaken identity tells the unprecedented story of laura van ryn and whitney cerak one buried under the wrong name and the other in a coma being cared for by the wrong familyfive lives were lost. Mistaken identity two families one survivor unwavering hope by don susie van ryn and newell colleen whitney cerak meet laura van ryn and whitney cerak one buried under the wrong name one in a coma and being cared for by the wrong family this shocking case of mistaken identity stunned the country and made national news