Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordi nary Son
By Tom Fields-Meyer.
Description
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...
ISBN(s)
0451234634, 9780451234636