ISBN: 073664556X

[SR: 16429982], Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9780736645560], Audiobook, Unabridged, Books on Tape, Books on Tape, Book, [PU: Books on Tape], Books on Tape, Named a Best Book of the Year by Salon… Meer...

[SR: 16429982], Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9780736645560], Audiobook, Unabridged, Books on Tape, Books on Tape, Book, [PU: Books on Tape], Books on Tape, Named a Best Book of the Year by Salon magazine and The Philadelphia Inquirer, A Slant of Sun was praised for its incandescent prose about the experience of loving a child who brings tremendous frustration and incalculable rewards and for its extraordinary resonance. Like Operating Instructions and The Liars' Club, A Slant of Sun is a contemporary classic.Nearly one in five children grow up facing a developmental or behavioral challenge, and like them, Beth Kephart's son, Jeremy, showed early signs of being different: language eluded him, he preferred playing alone to an afternoon on the jungle gym. Doctors diagnosed Jeremy with a mild form of autism called Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. A Slant of Sun is a passionate memoir about how Kephart, guided by the twin tools of intuition and imagination, helped lead her son toward wholeness. Pulsing with the questions, "Is normal possible? Definable?" A Slant of Sun speaks to everyone not just parents of the redemptive power of love., The hardest part of being a parent is the certain knowledge that there are some things you can't control. When Beth Kephart's son Jeremy was labeled with the unsettlingly vague diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder (a behavioral disorder related to autism) in the fall of 1991, there were no definitive medical answers, no guidebooks to Jeremy's inner world, no maps to help Jeremy's mom and dad lead their boy back into the land of relatively uncomplicated childhood. Jeremy was a beautiful child who screamed whenever strangers came near him and spent long hours every day obsessively rearranging his toy cars into indecipherable patterns. He was an early talker, but by the time of his diagnosis Jeremy's speech had degenerated into mindless parroting--a condition known as echolalia. Jeremy's triumph over his disability and his journey to reintegration is the primary story of this beautifully written book, Kephart's first. The other story, the more universal story, is the haunting account of the symbiosis between mother and child, which grows particularly intense when a child feels pain from which his mother cannot shield him. Kephart's fears that her own maternal failings are somehow implicated in Jeremy's problem stand out as the emotional core of this memoir. Her faith in her son, perseverance, and eventual acceptance of herself play as important a role in his healing process as any course of therapy--and her unflinching descriptions of her own healing are what make A Slant of Sun such a stunning debut. --Patrizia DiLucchio, 2444, Special Needs, 2437, Specific Groups, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11401, Parenting, 11403, Early Childhood, 7916444011, Parenting Boys, 7916445011, Parenting Girls, 11429, School-Age Children, 271583011, Single Parents, 11431, Teenagers, 20, Parenting & Relationships, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

1999, ISBN: 9780736645560

Books on Tape, Audio Cassette, Auflage: Unabridged, Publiziert: 1999-05-05T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Verkaufsrang: 19715196, Special Needs, Specific Groups, Biographies & Memoirs, S… Meer...

Books on Tape, Audio Cassette, Auflage: Unabridged, Publiziert: 1999-05-05T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Verkaufsrang: 19715196, Special Needs, Specific Groups, Biographies & Memoirs, Subjects, Books, Parenting & Relationships, Format: Audiobook, Unabridged, Books on Tape, 1999<

1999, ISBN: 073664556X

[EAN: 9780736645560], New book, [PU: Books on Tape], Biography & Autobiography|General, Biography & Autobiography|Medical, Family & Relationships|General, Family & Relationships|Parenting… Meer...

[EAN: 9780736645560], New book, [PU: Books on Tape], Biography & Autobiography|General, Biography & Autobiography|Medical, Family & Relationships|General, Family & Relationships|Parenting, unabridged edition. 9.20x6.10x1.40 inches. In Stock.<

1999, ISBN: 9780736645560

Audiobook (cassette), Unabridged edition. 9.20x6.10x1.40 inches., New book, [PU: Books on Tape]