The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. Great fiction! Click on the book picture to get to Amazon to buy a copy :).
Jewel by Bret Lott. I read this book in Ukraine when I was pregnant with Polly. I didn't know she had Down syndrome. The book is fiction, about a woman in the backwoods of Mississippi. Her last child was born with Down syndrome. It is a wonderful read.
A friend in the Down syndrome community :). Jennifer Graf Groenberg wrote a beautiful book called Roadmap to Holland. Check it out!
Expecting Adam by Martha Beck. Another true story. Phenomenal writing.What are your favorite reads about Down syndrome?
It's interesting that I have read all those books (except Road Map to Holland) and now find myself fostering a child who has Down Syndrome. Of course, I have also read your journey with your daugthers.
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Indeed he does. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteI read the Memory Keepers Daughter... it is such a good book. I will have to check out the others.
ReplyDeleteThere is one by Karen Kingsbury called Just Beyond the Clouds that is really good! I also just checked one out of the Library called The Year My Son and I Were Born that looks good too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for these books!
ReplyDeletemmmm i have read all of these... they are all great!!!! they all are great on their own special way, just like our kids!
ReplyDeleteThe Memories Keeper's Daughter is one I have heard the most about!!
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I also loved The Memory Keeper's Daughter! I've been wanting to read Expecting Adam for quite some time now.
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