One Child - Softcover

Hayden, Torey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380542625 ISBN 13: 9780380542628

Publisher: Avon Books:Harper Collins (New York), 1981

Synopsis

Finally, a beginning . . .

The time had finally come. The time I had been waiting for through all these long months that I knew sooner or later had to occur. Now it was here.

She had surprised me so much by actually crying that for a moment I did nothing but look at her. Then I gathered her into my arms, hugging her tightly. She clutched onto my shirt so that I could feel the dull pain of her fingers digging into my skin. She cried and cried and cried. I held her and rocked the chair back and on its rear legs, feeling my arms and chest get damp from the tears and her hot breath and the smallness of the room.

About this title

Review:

"Parts of this book will enrage you. Parts of this book may make you cry. And parts may make you cheer. But whatever your reaction, I think you will agree that it has been a long time since you have read a book with the sheer emtional impact of "One Child.""-- "The New York Times""Page after page proves again the power of love and the resiliency of life."-- "The Los Angeles Times"

Synopsis:

Six year old Sheila had been abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation, - except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare - and nurture the spark of genius she recognized trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together - an odyssey of hope, courage and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy. Torey Hayden deserves the kind of respect I can't give many people. She isn't just valuable, she's incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden. - Boston Globe

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books:Harper Collins (New York)
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0380542625
• ISBN 13: 9780380542628
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318