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The author describes the sometimes incredible details of her second pregnancy, telling how she and her husband, both driven Harvard academics, came to the decision to have their son after the fetus was diagnosed with Down syndrome, and sharing the extraordinary events that helped them know they had made the right decision.

Joe Goffman, a successful writer who has just had his novel turned into a hit movie, returns to his hometown only to realize his friends and family feel betrayed and insulted at how they were portrayed in his book.

Christy Bannister, a fourteen-year-old boy, forms a unique friendship with a twenty-three-year-old quadriplegic who lives in an iron lung and teaches Christy some important lessons about life and love.

A memoir in which the author discusses his life as a sufferer of manic depression, telling how misdiagnoses and escalating illness drove him to actions that sometimes put his life in danger, and eventually led him to opt for electroshock therapy.

Deb Butterfield discusses what it was like to grow up with diabetes, focusing on the medical treatments she tried, the emotions she felt, and the complications she endured.

The autobiography of a woman with Asperger's Syndrome-- a condition related to autism-- whose seven-year-old daughter was also diagnosed with it; also includes household tips for people with this syndrome.

Relates the author's experiences living with autism. Discusses methods for coping with autism and how the disorder affects relationships and the ability to communicate.

Biography of ballet dancer Edward Stierle, discussing his life, ballet career, struggle with AIDS, and death.

Photographs and text present the biography of the author Flannery O'Connor, who was stricken with lupus erythematosus at the age of 25, but continued writing until her death at the age of 40.

Seventeen-year-old Nathan Nelson awakens from a two-week coma and finds he has an extraordinary memory, but even with his new ability and a change of schools he cannot live up to his genius father's high expectations.