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I started a book club! I figured it’s about time for us to bite our teeth into a book of our collective choice and knash/lavish words over words. Right? It’d be fun! The theme for this particular club will be disability – books as high or low brow as we want. I’ll get [...]
Talking about "Top Books" is always a hard call for me. Remember, I'm the daughter of two people who, when they decided to move to the South Pacific, brought something in the area of 36 boxes of books… and two small suitcases for clothes. The books I'm listing here are ones that personally helped [...]
You know it and I know it: Kelle Hampton is hugely popular. She writes marvelous fluff on her blog, Enjoying the Small Things. I think she is an adroit blogger, able to weave remarkable bits of fippery in and around drop-dead awesome photos. The result? A top-notch blog. A top-notch and popular blogger does [...]
Jennifer Johannesen is the the author of the article, "Fake Work" which was re-posted on this blog last week, stimulating much conversation within the Down syndrome community. She is also the author of No Ordinary Boy, the candid and deeply beautiful story of her son's life. I posted my review of No Ordinary Boy here [...]
** Tomorrow: Interview with Jennifer Johannesen and Book Giveaway ** No Ordinary Boy is a relatively slim tome, only 144 pages long. It was written by Jennifer Johannesen not long after her son Owen died. It is about his life – from the very beginning of it when he was still inside her – to [...]
This is the second of a two-part series – a conversation with George Estreich, author of The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit , and Amy Julia Becker, author of Good and Perfect Gift, A: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny. Amy Julia Becker will be giving [...]
I am re-posting this review as a refresher for next week, in which I will host Amy Julia Becker on this blog in an author interview (and giveaway!). ************ This is why I like Amy Julia Becker: she takes a complimentary comment (“What a perfect family”) – holds it up to a biblical lens “Be [...]
The content of “Bloom” reviewed as well as the writing
A review of Amy Julia Becker’s memoir, “A Good and Perfect Gift”
This is the first of a two-part series – a conversation with George Estreich, author of The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit , and Amy Julia Becker, author of Good and Perfect Gift, A: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny. George Estreich will be giving away [...]
