A heartwarming, intimate and amusing memoir of a father's experience raising his autistic son.
When Tom Fields-Meyer's son Ezra was three and showing early signs of autism, a therapist suggested that the father needed to grieve. -For what?- he asked. The answer: -For the child he didn't turn out to be.- That moment helped strengthen the author's resolve to do just the opposite: to love the child Ezra was, a quirky boy with a fascinating and complex mind. Full of tender moments and unexpected humor, Following Ezra is the story of a father and son on a ten-year...
A heartwarming, intimate and amusing memoir of a father's experience raising his autistic son.
Amid the rancor of the 2016 presidential campaign, an uplifting story captured the media’s attention. A website called “I Waited 96 Years!” highlighted the voices of women born before August 1920, when the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Now they were enthusiastically casting ballots to send a woman to the White House. The election’s shocking result left many asking how the country could possibly overcome its division and move forward. We the Resilient offers compelling answers from those who know best: the same remarkable women, between...
Amid the rancor of the 2016 presidential campaign, an uplifting story captured the media’s attention. A website called “I Waited 9...