A Mother Held Hostage
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Book Overview
- To observe your child. To note that he is different from the rest. His behaviors are irrational, unpredictable, compulsive. He is also creative, talented, exceptional.- To live with an angry child... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0972571922
ISBN13:9780972571920
Release Date:June 2003
Publisher:21st Century Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Touching and inspirational read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Barbara Borntrager's book is an honest, open and straightforward look at living as a family with someone who has a mental illness. It "tells it like it is" and also shows how love and inspiration can help you survive. It is a wonderful tribute to her son. We know so little still about the human body and mind even today. When something is wrong and so poorly understood what a frustrating, trying circumstance that can be. This book is about love in the highest degree because sometimes that is all you have left to keep you going. Wonderful, wonderful book!
This, too, shall pass. . .
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Got this book. . . One of my favorites--one that helped convinced me that I was ready to be a father. The mom in the book went through hell--worse than anything I could have imagined (and this is not a novel. It was a real account of her experience with her son). Yet, I felt a strange conviction that this is what being a parent is about. For, I don't think it was ever meant to be easy. Those who choose to go into parenthood with their eyes open are the kind of special people who give unconditionally, despite how much of a thankless job, at times, it may seem. This book was not some miracle tale. The outcome of the story in the book was far from a happy ending. In fact it was tragic. However, there was just something about the journey that this woman went through that resonnated with me and with my idea of parenthood.
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