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A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage

by Beth Kephart

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Publisher Comments:

Named a Best Book of the Year by Salon magazine and The Philadelphia Inquirer, A Slant of Sun was praised for its incandescent prose about the experience of loving a child who brings tremendous frustration and incalculable rewards and for its extraordinary resonance. Like Operating Instructions and The Liars' Club, A Slant of Sun is a contemporary classic.

Nearly one in five children grow up facing a developmental or behavioral challenge, and like them, Beth Kephart's son, Jeremy, showed early signs of being different: language eluded him, he preferred playing alone to an afternoon on the jungle gym. Doctors diagnosed Jeremy with a mild form of autism called Pervasive Developmental DisorderNot Otherwise Specified. A Slant of Sun is a passionate memoir about how Kephart, guided by the twin tools of intuition and imagination, helped lead her son toward wholeness. Pulsing with the questions, "Is normal possible? Definable?" A Slant of Sun speaks to everyonenot just parentsof the redemptive power of love.

Synopsis:

In this 1998 National Book Award finalist, Kephart chronicles the tragedy of her son's developmental problems and her struggle to lead him toward wholeness.

Synopsis:

In this 1998 National Book Award finalist, Kephart chronicles the tragedy of her son's developmental problems and her struggle to lead him toward wholeness.
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About the Author

Beth Kephart was nominated for the National Book Award for her book A Slant of Sun. In 2000, she received a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and she also won a Pew Fellowships in the Arts grant in 2005. At the age of nine, Beth Kephart began to skate on a pond in Boston, where she taught herself the very moves Elisa teaches herself in this story. Beth won her first competitive freestyle competition at a Wilmington, Delaware, rink. Today she ballroom dances and is an avid gardener. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780688172282
Author:
Kephart, Beth
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Beth Kephart
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Children
Subject:
Children with Special Needs
Subject:
Medical
Subject:
Parental Memoirs
Subject:
Parents of handicapped children
Subject:
Autistic children
Subject:
Developmentally disabled children
Subject:
Parents of exceptional children
Subject:
Medical - General
Subject:
Biography-Parental Memoir
Subject:
Biography - General
Copyright:
1998
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series Volume:
315
Publication Date:
19990931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.27x5.50x.69 in. .49 lbs.
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