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Priscilla Gilman is the author of The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy (Harper), a beautiful exploration of one woman’s expectations and hopes for her children, her family, and herself, and of the ways in which we are all capable of reimagining our lives and finding joy in the most unexpected circumstances. The Anti-Romantic Child was one of five nominees for a Books for a Better Life Award for Best First Book. It was an NPR Morning Edition Must-Read, Slate‘s Book of the Week, selected as one the Best Books of 2011 by the Leonard Lopate Show, and chosen as a Best Book of 2011 by The Chicago Tribune. The Anti-Romantic Child was excerpted in Newsweek magazine and featured on the cover of its international edition in April 2011....more


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1. In its largest sense, The Anti-Romantic Child is about grappling with the difference between expectation and reality; it tells a story of how to move through loss, disappointment, and crisis to a place of resilience, blessings, and joy. How have you had to reconcile fantasy with reality in your own life? What things in your life have turned out differently than you ex... Read more of this blog post »
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“Children put everything in perspective, they remind you of what's important, you see the world anew through there eyes.”
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“Living with Benj was like experiencing an unfolding miracle.”
Priscilla Gilman, The Anti-Romantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy

“I didn't want to think of Benj in terms of syndromes and categories and labels and diagnoses, in terms of his performance on tests and evaluations, in terms of his differences from a perceived norm or imagined ideal. One of the questions my experience with Benj raised for me is: how do you value your child in a culture whose benchmarks for achievement and whose standards for evaluating and assessing kids are so out of line with your own values and who your child is?”
Priscilla Gilman, The Anti-Romantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy

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