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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Simon, Rachel, 1959-     Subjects     Simon, Rachel, 1959- -- Family.     People with mental disabilities -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.     People with mental disabilities -- Pennsylvania -- Family relationships.     Sisters -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.     Pennsylvania -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Simon, Rachel, 1959-       by title:      Riding the bus with ...       by call number:      LP 362.3 S596r     Search the Web     Simon, Rachel, 1959-     Simon, Rachel, 1959- -- Family.     People with mental disabilities -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.     People with mental disabilities -- Pennsylvania -- Family relationships.     Sisters -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.     Pennsylvania -- Biography.       MARC Display

Riding the bus with my sister : a true life journey / Rachel Simon. by Simon, Rachel, 1959- Grand Central Pub., 2012, c2002. Call #: LP 362.3 S596r Subjects Simon, Rachel, 1959- -- Family.   People with mental disabilities -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.   People with mental disabilities -- Pennsylvania -- Family relationships.   Sisters -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.   Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.   Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.   Pennsylvania -- Biography. ISBN:  9781455511396 (pbk.) 1455511390 (pbk.) Edition:  1st Grand Central large print ed. Description:  xi, 547 p. (large print) ; 21 cm. Contents:  The journey -- The time of snows and sorrow -- Hitting the road -- The professor -- Fighting -- The pilgrim -- Streetwise -- Into out there -- The dreamer -- The drivers' room -- The end of play -- Lunch with Jesse -- Matchmaker -- The pursuit of happiness -- The earth mother -- Disabilities -- Goodbye -- The optimist -- Break shot -- Gone -- The loner -- Nowhere -- Be not afraid -- Inside the tears -- The jester -- Surgery -- Releasing the rebel -- The hunk -- The price of being human -- Come home, little girl -- The girlfriend -- The eighteenth hole -- Swans and witches -- Finding the twin -- Iz gonna be all right -- Beyond the limits of the sky -- The miracle maker. Summary:  In the ten years since Rachel Simon first invited the world to board the bus with her and her sister, Cool Beth, readers across the globe have been moved by their story. She reflects on changes in her life, Beth's life, and the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The highlight is Beth's update, which is in her own words. A new Reader's Guide is also included. Join these two unforgettable sisters on their journey, this time in an even deeper and richer way. Rachel's sister Beth is a spirited woman who lives intensely and often joyfully. Beth, who has an intellectual disability, spends her days riding the buses in her unnamed Pennsylvania city. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers are her community. One day, Beth asks Rachel to accompany her on the buses for an entire year. This wise, funny, deeply affecting true story is the chronicle of that remarkable time. Rachel, a writer and college teacher whose busy life camouflaged her emotional isolation, had much to learn in her sister's extraordinary world. Elegantly woven throughout the odyssey are riveting memories of terrifying maternal abandonment, fierce sisterly loyalty, and astonishing forgiveness. Rachel Simon brings to light the almost invisible world of adults with developmental disabilities, finds unlikely heroes in everyday life, and, without sentimentality, portrays Beth as the endearing, feisty, independent person she is. Rachel Simon is a creative writing professor at Bryn Mawr College. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Home Delivery - HN Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 362.3 S596r Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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