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Living With Jonathan

by Sheila Barton
Living With Jonathan - Thryft
Living With Jonathan - Thryft

Living with autism: a journey of hope.

Living with Jonathan is an inspiring memoir of a mother's journey with her autistic son. Sheila Barton tells their story with passion, intelligence and humour. She writes movingly of the heartbreak and joy, the terror and the liberation that comes with raising an autistic child. The book is not only a compelling manifesto for greater understanding of those who are born 'different' but it is also a triumph of hope and love over pain and sadness. This touching tale of a mother and son's journey through life will be inspiring for anyone who has or knows someone with autism.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Living With Jonathan

by Sheila Barton
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ISBN: 9781780283838
Authors: Sheila Barton
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
Date of Publication: 2012-09-13
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.52
(rated by 21 readers)

Description

This is a book we all should read. A remarkable human story, a remarkable piece of writing.' - Jon Snow, journalist and broadcaster 'Compelling, moving, honest' - Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, author of Defeating A Damaging Delusion 'I loved this book. Vivid and lively writing draws a picture of the ups and downs of family life with a child with autism. The overwhelming love she feels for her children and her spirited responses to setbacks are a joy.' - Clare Coombe-Tennant, trustee of TreeHouse Sheila Barton's memoir of autism is inspiring. Finding herself, at thirty years old, with a son with autism and severe learning disabilities, she set about learning how to live a different kind of life and be a different kind of mother. This is the story, told with passion, intelligence and humour, of their journey from darkness into light. It is written out of anguish and anger, but also out of hope and love. The book tells the amazing story of their life together and how they dealt with diagnosis, birth, school, brothers and sisters, travel, therapies, obsessions, grief and sex. Sheila writes movingly of the heartbreak and the joy, the terror and the liberation. This is the story of the triumph of hope and love over pain and sadness, and it is a compelling manifesto for greater understanding of those who are born 'different'. Its ending is one of empowerment and joy.
 

Living with autism: a journey of hope.

Living with Jonathan is an inspiring memoir of a mother's journey with her autistic son. Sheila Barton tells their story with passion, intelligence and humour. She writes movingly of the heartbreak and joy, the terror and the liberation that comes with raising an autistic child. The book is not only a compelling manifesto for greater understanding of those who are born 'different' but it is also a triumph of hope and love over pain and sadness. This touching tale of a mother and son's journey through life will be inspiring for anyone who has or knows someone with autism.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.