As a career mom who has had her life changed by a child with learning differences this book was incredibly helpful. I felt this book really dealt with the emotions a parent (mom) feels, and in one part the sibling.
This book came to me right at the right time. Dana Buchman's honest narrative about denial and the pain that she had to overcome to really begin to help not only her daughter but herself and the rest of her family was something that resonated with me.
I did not really enjoy this book. This book was assigned for a graduate class I was taking.
As the mother of a 10 year old with learning differences -- and yes, that IS what we refer to them as in 2007 -- I felt as if I was reading my own story. Denial.
Finally, a memoir involving special education. I hope I will see more books like this.
I really, really enjoyed this book - not so much for the discussion of the LD (because as she repeats, everyone's LD takes a different form) but for the way she was honest with herself about how she dealt with her daughter's LD - her strengths and her weaknesses. it's pretty remarkable to have such an honest, open, narrator, willing to tell the story as it is.
