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Silverman, Amy, 1966-
Subjects
Children with mental disabilities.
Child rearing -- Psychological aspects.
Down syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.
Down syndrome -- Patients -- Family relationships.
Down syndrome -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Blogs.
Mother and child.
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Silverman, Amy, 1966-
Children with mental disabilities.
Child rearing -- Psychological aspects.
Down syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.
Down syndrome -- Patients -- Family relationships.
Down syndrome -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Blogs.
Mother and child.
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My
heart
can't
even
believe
it : a
story
of
science
,
love
, and
Down
syndrome
/ Amy Silverman.
by
Silverman, Amy, 1966-
Woodbine House, 2016.
Call #:
616.858842 S587m
Subjects
Children with mental disabilities.
Child rearing -- Psychological aspects.
Down
syndrome
-- Patients -- Biography.
Down
syndrome
-- Patients -- Family relationships.
Down
syndrome
-- Patients -- Family relationships -- Blogs.
Mother and child.
ISBN:
9781606132746 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
My
heart
cannot
even
believe
it : a
story
of
science
,
love
, and
Down
syndrome
My
heart
can not
even
believe
it : a
story
of
science
,
love
, and
Down
syndrome
Edition:
First Edition.
Description:
xiii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278)
Contents:
Introduction -- Curls -- All ears -- There's a hole in
my
heart
that can only be filled by you -- Meet the huffs -- Tomorrowland -- Crispin glover has a cold -- One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small -- Nice to not meet you -- Floating up the (main)stream -- That's so retarded -- There will be blood -- The new segregation -- Don't you forget about me -- Game changer -- Center stage -- Travels with sophie -- Bibliography.
Summary:
"All parent stories about raising a child with
Down
syndrome
are special and unique, but in the hands of a good writer, they can have the power to reach, change, and resonate far beyond family and friends. Journalist, blogger, and NPR contributor Amy Silverman bravely looks at her life, before and after her daughter Sophie was born, and reflects on her transformation from "a spoiled, self-centered brat", who used words like retard and switched lines at the Safeway to avoid a bagger with special needs, into the mother of a kid with
Down
syndrome
and all that her new identity entails. She describes her evolution as gradual, one built by processing her fears and facing questions both big and small about Sophie,
Down
syndrome
, and her place in the world. This wonderful book looks at a daughter and her power to change minds and fill hearts with
love
so deep that, as Sophie once remarked to her mom, "I
love
you so much
my
heart
can't
even
believe
it!" Amy Silverman is a commentator for KJZZ, the National Public Radio affiliate in Phoenix, and her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life. She lives in Tempe, Arizona. Find her online at her blog, myHeartCantEvenBelieveIt.com "--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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Adult Nonfiction
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