Normal : a mother and her beautiful son

Newman, Magdalena (author.). Liftin, Hilary, (author.). Palacio, R. J., (writer of foreword.).

Summary: "A moving memoir from the mother of a child with Treacher Collins Syndrome, with a foreword by R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781328593122
ISBN: 1328593126
ISBN: 9780358172260
ISBN: 9780358306702
ISBN: 9781328592354
Physical Description: print
ix, 260 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword by R.J. Palacio -- A beautiful baby boy. Beautiful ; Congratulations ; The first twenty-eight days ; To eat ; To breathe ; A different world ; Not cut out for this ; To eat, to speak ; To hear ; Division of labor -- A normal childhood. A house of our own ; Bad luck ; Casseroles and pity ; We've got this ; Teaching and being taught ; The new me ; Shallow water ; Good Christian neighbors ; A marathon, not a sprint -- Wonder. A "real-life" Auggie ; The boy from the Wonder book ; Reno ; Hollywood -- The big one. A unique form of torture ; A dog angel ; Complicated complications ; Muscle memory ; A new face ; Two wonders meet ; Made whole again ; Gift from God ; A new normal ; The "real" Wonder boy ; Gratitude -- Afterword: swimming like a fish.

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