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Author:

Estreich, George.

Title:

The shape of the eye : a memoir. / George Estreich.

Publisher:

Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Penguin,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2011

Description:

xvi, 314 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Estreich, Laura Regina.
Down syndrome--Patients--Biography.
Down syndrome--Family relationships.--Family relationships.
Children with disabilities--Biography.
Estreich, George.
Estreich, George--Family.
Parents of children with disabilities--Biography.
Authors, American--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Arrival -- A child first -- Faultline -- Border -- This is eating -- Echo -- In the ICU -- Medicine is communication -- The mayor of Hidden Valley -- At home -- A complex sweetness -- Writers and families -- The labyrinth of normal -- Tragedy and expectation -- John Langdon Down -- Engineering -- Increments and fates -- Tokyo, 1945.

Summary:

OA memoir of a father's love for his daughter, his struggle to understand her disability, and his journey toward embracing her power and depth. Estreich is raw and honest and draws us each into a new view of what it means to be 'human' and what it means to be 'different.'"--Timothy P. Shriver, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO of the Special Olympics.

ISBN:

9780399163340
0399163344

OCLC:

(OCoLC)818953723

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)

EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

MTPB743 -- West Bend Public Library (West Bend)