| Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs Contributor(s): Kamata, Suzanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807000302 ISBN-13: 9780807000304 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2008 Annotation: The first literary collection--fiction, essays, and poetry--on raising special-needs children Responding to a dearth of literary writing on disability, Suzanne Kamata gathers parents' perspectives at various stages in the lives of children with mental or physical difficulties. In these real and fictional stories, families cope with autism, deafness, retardation, muscular dystrophy, and more, laying bare the moments of rage, disappointment, and guilt that can color their relationships. Parent/child communication is a challenge at the best of times, but here we see the epic struggles and triumphs of those who speak their own language--or don't speak at all--and those who love them. Together, the authors--including Michael Berube, Jayne Anne Phillips, Penny Wolfson, Carol Zapata-Whelan, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, and Bret Lott--paint a beautiful, wrenchingly honest portrait of what it means to care for a child who does not experience the world as we do. The book serves as a site of quiet contemplation amid the swirling issues of medical research and disability rights, and the writers come clean about the complications of even the deepest love. "Powerful, unflinching, and beautifully rendered, Love You to Pieces is not just an anthology about raising children with special needs, but true literature. Many parents will find moving depictions of a reality they know so well. Others with no knowledge of this world will find a literary experience they'll never forget." --Rachel Simon, author of Riding the Bus with My Sister "Love You To Pieces is a unique reading experience: raw, moving, provocative and compelling. The stories are beautifully told, from many different backgrounds andperspectives, but taken together share a common and ultimately triumphant connecting thread: love conquers all." --Daniel Tammet, author of Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Family & Relationships | Children With Special Needs - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General |
| Dewey: 810.803 |
| LCCN: 2007038366 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.63" W x 8.49" (0.77 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first collection of literary writing on raising a child with special needs, Love You to Pieces features families coping with autism, deafness, muscular dystrophy, Down syndrome and more. Here, poets, memoirists, and fiction writers paint beautiful, wrenchingly honest portraits of caring for their children, laying bare the moments of rage, disappointment, and guilt that can color their relationships. Parent-child communication can be a challenge at the best of times, but in this collection we witness the struggles and triumphs of those who speak their own language-or don't speak at all-and those who love them deeply. |