The Siege: A Family's Journey Into the World of an Autistic Child - Softcover

Park, Clara Claiborne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316690694 ISBN 13: 9780316690690

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 1982

Synopsis

This classic work tells the tale of how a devoted mother accomplished miracles in fostering the intellectual, social and emotional development of her autistic daughter.

About this title

Synopsis:

At the age of two, in 1960, Jessy Park was remote, withdrawn, unable to walk or talk, yet oddly content within the invisible walls that surrounded her. Doctors were baffled. The study of autism was still in its infancy. Jessy's family stepped in. "Confronted with a tiny child's refusal of life, all existential hesitations evaporate. We had no choice. We would use every stratagem we could invent to assail her fortress, to beguile, entice, seduce her into the human condition". This book charts a surprising journey of discovery as it records the challenges and rewards of the first eight years of Jessy's life.

About the Author:

Clara Claiborne Park is the author of several books. She has recently retired from the English Department of Williams College, and is a prominent speaker about autism. Her account of her daughter's life with autism continues with EXITING NIRVANA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0316690694
• ISBN 13: 9780316690690
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330