The Anti-Romantic Child - A Memoir of Unexpected Joy

" TheAnti-Romantic Child is remarkable. This haunting and lyrical memoir will bean invaluable and heartening guide to all who find themselves in similarsituations and indeed anyone confronting an unforeseen challenge." --MarieBrenner, writer for Vanity Fair andauthor of Apples and Oranges With an emotionally resonant combination of memoirand literature, Wordsworth scholar Priscilla Gilman recounts the challenges ofraising a son with hyperlexia, a developmentaldisorder neurologically counterpoint to dyslexia. Gilman explores thecomplexities of our hopes and expectations for our children and ourselves. Withluminous prose and a searing, personal story evocative of A Year of MagicalThinking and A Year of Reading Proust , Gilman''s The Anti-RomanticChild is an unforgettable exploration of what happens when we lean toembrace the unexpected. >

Product details

• Authors: Priscilla Gilman
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2012
• EAN: 9780061690280
• ISBN: 978-0-06-169028-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Biography: general, Psychology, Memoirs, Psychology: emotions, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Age groups: children, Parenting: advice and issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Relating to childhood, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Children with Special Needs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Motherhood, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, PSYCHOLOGY: Developmental / Child, EDUCATION: Special Education / Learning Disabilities, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Education, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Learning Disabilities, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls