Nothing Special - The Mostly True, Sometimes Funny Tales of Two Sisters

About the author

DIANNE BILYAK (Stonington, CT) is a Pushcart-prize nominated writer, graduate of the Yale Divinity School, and Connecticut disability rights advocate. Her book of poems Against the Turning was published by Amherst Writers & Artists Press in 2011, and her poetry has also been featured in Meat for Tea, Freshwater, Drunken Boat, The Massachusetts Review, and The Tampa Review.

Summary

Older sister Chris, who has Down syndrome, is an extrovert with a knack for getting what she wants, while the author, her younger, typically developing sister shoulders the burdens and grief of her parents, especially their father's alcoholism.

Product details

• Authors: Dianne Bilyak
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780819580290
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-8029-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Illustrations: 10 b&w halftones
• Series: Driftless; The Driftless Series
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family