The Shape of the Eye A Memoir
- 作者
- 出版社 Penguin Publishing Group
- 出版时间 不详年
- ISBN 9780399163340
- 定价 126.70
内容简介
"[An]elegantlywritten，unsentimentalmemoir."—PEOPLEMAGAZINE[PEOPLE'sPickoftheWeek]Winnerofthe2014NautilusAwardrepresents“BetterBooksforaBetterWorld”—theSilverAwardinthecategoryofParenting/Family.WhenLauraEstreichisborn，herappearancepresentsapuzzle：doestheshapeofhereyesindicateDownsyndrome，orthefactthatshehasaJapanesegrandmother?Inthispowerfulmemoir，GeorgeEstreich，apoetandstay-at-homedad，tellshisdaughter'sstory，reflectingonherinheritance---fromtheliterallegacyofhergenes，tothefamilyhistorythatprecedesher，totheVictorianphysicianJohnLangdonDown'sdiagnosticerrorof"Mongolianidiocy."Againstthisbackdrop，LauratakesherplaceintheEstreichfamilyasauniquechild，quirkyandreal，lovedforeverythingordinaryandextraordinaryabouther."Inthiswiseandmovingmemoir，GeorgeEstreichtellsthestoryofhisfamilyashisyoungerdaughterisdiagnosedwithDownsyndromeandtheyarethrustintoanunfamiliarworld.Estreichwriteswithapoet'seyeandgiftoflanguage，weavingthispersonaljourneyintothelargerhistoryofhisfamily，exploringthedeepandoftenhiddenconnectionsbetweenthepastandthepresent.Engagingandunsentimental，TheShapeoftheEyetaughtmeagreatdeal.ItisastoryIfoundmyselfthinkingaboutlongafterI'dfinishedthefinalpages."—KimEdwards，authorofTheMemoryKeeper'sDaughter"Apoignant，beautifullywritten，andintenselymovingmemoir"—AbrahamVerghese，authorofCuttingforStone“TheShapeoftheEyeisamemoirofafather’sloveforhisdaughter，hisstruggletounderstandherdisability，andhisjourneytowardembracingherpoweranddepth.Estreichisrawandhonestanddrawsuseachintoanewviewofwhatitmeanstobe'human’andwhatitmeanstobe‘different.’Thisbookisbeautifullywritten，poeticallyinsightful，andpersonallytransformative.Toreaditistorethinkeverythingandtobehappybecauseofthejourney.”—TimothyP.Shriver，Ph.D.，Chairman&CEOoftheSpecialOlympics"TheShapeoftheEyepersonalizesDownsyndrome，bringingaconditionabstractedinthemedicalliteratureintothefulldimensionalityofonefamily'slife.It'sbraveofGeorgeEstreichtomakewhathasbefallenhisfamilysopublic，trustingofhimtoletanunknownaudiencesecond-guessthefamily'schoices.Becausehe'sopenedhishomeandheartinthismemoir，weareprivilegedtowitnessinchaotic，heart-wrenching，joyousdetailwhatitmeanstohaveandtoloveachildwithDownsyndrome."—MarciaChildress，AssociateProfessorofMedicalEducation(MedicalHumanities)，UniversityofVirginiaSchoolofMedicine
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