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The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy Priscilla Gilman Reprint edition
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The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy
Priscilla Gilman
?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.
304 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 24, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780061690280 |
| Publishers | HarperCollins |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 135 × 203 × 203 mm · 217 g |
| Language | English |
