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Author: Michael BerubeFormat: --
Publisher: Random House IncEdition: 1
ISBN-10: 0679442235ISBN-13: 9780679442233
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A father writes of his son, afflicted with Down syndrome, who must grow up in a society that does not value him.

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Length:284 pages
Height:8.5 in.
Width:5.5 in.
Thickness:1.0 in.
Weight:16.8 oz.

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An impassioned and moving account of a fathers attempt to realize the full potential of his child, born with Down syndrome. In telling the story of his sons development during the crucial first four years of life--learning to walk and talk, to move into the world and the lives of those around him--Michael Berube engages the charged issues involved in James's growth.

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"[A]n astonishingly good book, important, literate, and ferociously articulated....If we dare to see this one child, Jamie, AS Jamie, we extend our imagination beyond old notions of the shelf, into who knows what new kinds of thinking about difference and otherness and the value we place on human life."
New York Times Book Review - Beverly Lowry (10/27/1996)

"This important book deals with a wider subject than its title suggests....[It] does indeed describe Jamie's tortuous mental and physical progress and his parents' efforts to provide him with love, medical care and an appropriate education. But...Berube wants to 'represent' his son's claims against those who...would deny Jamie a chance to learn enough to represent himself."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Michael Harris (10/27/1996)

"An engaging personal account of raising a son with Down's syndrome, by a loving father for whom the experience raises serious questions about the nature of social justice, natural rights, and our obligations to one another."
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"Part of the greatness of Berubé's story is how much he and his wife are resolved to make Jamie a person and...and the narrative becomes an extraordinary one of inclusion..."
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Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child

Michael Berube

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Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: Good
ISBN: 0679442235
Publication Date: 1996-10-01
Publisher: Pantheon
Pages: 284
Height: 1.2000 inches
Width: 5.4000 inches
Weight: 1.0500 pounds

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