October 25 Interview on WGSO Radio

Click here to open Jeff Crouere's Ringside Show on New Orleans radio. Then scoot the slider over to hour 3 to hear yours truly (excerpt below).


"It so happens that Barnes and Noble displays this book in their 'Family and Childcare' section. I'm not sure that's the best category, because it's not meant to be instructional. I call the book a memoir. Ultimately, it's a story. It dramatizes my family's efforts to help our child. It shows consequences of an unconstructive doctor-patient interface. And it's about the broader experience of pursuing a goal when you don't have reliable guideposts. Now, families who are grappling with developmental disability, or chronic health issues of any sort, can certainly draw lessons from my story. But so far, most readers that I am aware of do not even have a personal connection with disability. They're describing this as "an emotional mystery novel," and they say that it reminds them to go hug their kids. They see it as a—well, as a reminder to appreciate the small things in life that we sometimes take for granted."

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Published on October 26, 2011 05:33
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