Finding Matthew: A Child with Brain Damage, a Young Man with Mental Illness, a Son and Brother with Extraordinary Spirit - Softcover

Kirk, Donna

 
9781988360522: Finding Matthew: A Child with Brain Damage, a Young Man with Mental Illness, a Son and Brother with Extraordinary Spirit
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1988360528 ISBN 13: 9781988360522
Verlag: Kinetics Design, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

During the first few weeks after Matthew Kirk was born -- brain-damaged as a result of oxygen deprivation during delivery -- the doctors advised his parents, Donna and Ed Kirk, to put him in an institution, have another baby as soon as possible, and get on with their life.

But what the doctors didn't understand was that Matthew was their life.

Indeed, as he grew, he would surprise everyone with his athletic good looks, spirited personality, and supreme ability to create joy and love as so many people gathered around to help him through his physical and mental struggles.


Now, with the publication of this clear-eyed, laugh-inducing, and heart-tugging book, Donna Kirk recounts the story -- the love story -- of how she and her family found Matthew, and how he found them.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Donna Kirk's writings -- her short stories as well as the book Finding Matthew, a literary non-fiction narrative -- revolve on her family and, particularly, on her son Matthew, who was born with physical and developmental challenges. Her work has appeared in The Quick Brown Fox, Canadian Voices (volume two), Ars Medica, CommuterLit, and The Daily American, a U.S. newspaper. Donna lives in Oakville, Ontario, with her husband, Ed. www.donnakirk.com

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Verlag
Kinetics Design
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1988360528
ISBN 13 
9781988360522
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
314
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