Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child
Berube, Michael
ISBN 10: 0679758666 ISBN 13: 9780679758662
Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1998
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When Jamie Bérubé was born with Down syndrome in 1991, he was immediately subject to the medical procedures, insurance guidelines, policies, and representations that surround every child our society designates as disabled. In this wrenching yet ultimately inspiring book, Jamie's father, literary scholar Michael Bérubé, describes not only the challenges of raising his son but the challenge of seeing him as a person rather than as a medical, genetic, or social problem.
About the Author: Michael Bérubé is director of the program for research in the humanities at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He is the author of five books, including Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics, and has written for The New Yorker, The Village Voice, and many academic journals. He lives in Champaign, Illinois, with his wife, Janet Lyon, and their two sons, Nick and James.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and ...
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good