Fourteen years ago Sandy was pregnant with our son Ian. Being diligent parents we read the parenting books and magazines. We wanted to be as prepared as possible as we embarked on parenthood. When Ian was five months old we found out about his disability. Our library of parenting books didn't cover the new direction parenting was taking. There were no parenting books for this path. It would have been nice to get a heads up about how things were going to change and more importantly what we could do to reduce the added stress this new direction was going to create. For fourteen years we...

After graduating high school in 1973, best friends Mark, Benji and Kenny take a cross-country road trip by bus in search of adventure before heading off to college. They discover a world far different and more complex than their suburban upbringing has prepared them for, and that traveling together doesn't mean they are on the same journey. The narrator, Mark, tall, lanky, inexperienced and younger looking than his 19 years, is a keen and articulate observer of life who longs to be more of a participant. His sense of history, current events, music and baseball combine to make The Dream Rule...