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Anne Fortier
Join Anne Fortier as she discusses her first novel, Juliet, how she came to write it in English even though she's Danish, why she set her version of Romeo and Juliet in Siena when Shakespeare set his in Verona, and why her mother was exploring how to rob a bank in Siena to help with her writing.
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Michael J. Sandel
Michael J. Sandel’s "Justice" course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard. Interested readers can take a seat in the lecture hall alongside Harvard College students, thanks to a 2009 PBS lecture series....
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Carol Lynch Williams
Carol Lynch Williams discussed The Chosen One, and what inspired her to write a book about polygamy.
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C. W. Gortner
A video interview with C.W. Gortner in which he talks about his 2010 historical novel, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici.
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Summary and Book Reviews |
The Boy Who Loved Windows: Summary and book reviews of The Boy Who Loved Windows by Patricia Stacey, plus links to an excerpt from The Boy Who Loved Windows and a biography of Patricia Stacey. |
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Book Summary
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In 1997, writer Patricia Stacey and her husband Cliff learned that their six-month-old son Walker might never walk or talk, or even hear or see.
Unwilling to accept this grim prediction, they embarked on a five-year odyssey that took them into alternative medicine, the newest brain research, and toward a new and innovative understanding of autism.
Finally their search led them to pioneering developmental psychiatrist Stanley Greenspan who helped them save their son and bring him into full contact with the world.
This enthralling memoir, at once heart wrenching and hopeful, takes the reader into the life of one remarkable family willing to do anything to give their son a rich and emotionally full life. We stand witness as they struggle to elicit the first sign that Walker is connecting with them, and share in their fears, struggles, tiny victories, and eventual triumphs.
The Boy Who Loved Windows is compelling and inspiring reading for parents and professionals who care for children with autism and other special needs. The book is also a stunning literary debut, of interest to anyone who cares about the lives of children and the passion of families who, against huge odds, put these children first.
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BookBrowse
This is gripping, real life family drama at its best. It should go without saying that this would be useful reading for anybody involved with autism - but The Boy Who Loved Windows has been, and should continue to be, read by a wider audience for the raw power of the writing and the story told.
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Media Reviews
Publishers Weekly
A sharply observed, deeply personal account.
Library Journal
Vivid descriptions...recommended for all public libraries and for academic libraries with education and social work collections.
Curled Up with a Good Book
Anyone who has a connection with autism and sensory disorders will want to read and re-read this book, in search of clues and hopeful road signs.
Bookviews.com
Parents with children who are autistic will find a great deal of encouragement in Patricia Stacey's book.
O The Oprah Magazine
[A] heart-stopping new memoir...riveting...a gripping, unsentimental narrative of a family struggling to keep intact...Mostly, though, it's the story of a mother who refused to read the writing on the wall--and saved her son's life in the process...compelling.
Marietta Times
When you find a good book, a really, really good book, what do you do? Most readers would confess to buttonholing friends (especially the close ones) and demanding that they promise to read that particularly wonderful book. That's my initial reaction to Patricia Stacey's first book, the awesome account of her son's battle against autism...illustrates the intense relationship between mother and son...The author writes with all the authenticity of a medical professional (she's not) and presents this captivating story in 300 pages that will keep the reader turning pages after midnight. I'd be shocked if The Boy Who Loved Windows doesn't win a stack of major writing awards. It's a book you will recommend to friends, especially to mothers who will identify with this altogether compelling
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Newsday
If you or anyone you know has a child with autism, you won't want to miss reading The Boy Who Loved Windows.
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Recent Reader Reviews
Rated  of 5
by Veronica
Wonderful book
This is a great book about a topic that many more people should become familiar with - autism and Asperger's. If you want to read more, check out Temple Grandin's books. She is a high-functioning autistic and has authored books on the subject. ...
Rated of 5
by Jean
In my eyes
My little brother is autistic and this book gave me more of an insite from those who Patricia had spoken to about her son. I completely disagreeded with people who say that autistic children and adults have the inability to love. I believe that is ... Read More
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Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins |
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Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year. |
Wife of the Gods
Kwei Quartey |
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Lyrical and captivating, Kwei Quartey’s debut novel brings to life the majesty and charm of Ghana–from the capital city of Accra to a small community where long-buried secrets are about to rise to the surface. |
Brodeck
Phillipe Claudel |
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Set in an unnamed time and place, Brodeck blends the familiar and unfamiliar, myth and history into a work of extraordinary power and resonance. Readers of J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace, Bernhard Schlink's The Reader and Kafka will be captivated by Brodeck. |
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
C. W. Gortner |
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From the fairy-tale châteaux of the Loire Valley to the battlefields of the wars of religion to the mob-filled streets of Paris, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici is the extraordinary untold journey of one of the most maligned and misunderstood women ever to be queen. |
Bonobo Handshake
Vanessa Woods |
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A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes - who teach her a new truth about love and belonging. |
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak |
| The Book Thief was an astounding book! I am 13 and have read this book twice. The first was assigned, but I loved it so much I had to read it again ...
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Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse |
| I'm a ten year old girl who recently read this book. It was a deep, yet fun confection about growing up in the early 1900's, the time where New York ...
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers |
| This book is important, yet has been largely overlooked by reviewers and book clubs. It's not just a history of Hurricane Katrina, but a personal ...
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