family relationships

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family relationships

Exiting nirvana

a daughter's life with autism
2001
Clara Claiborne Park recounts her daughter Jessy's struggles with autism, discussing how Jessy has overcome many social and emotional problems to lead a promising life.

Patrimony

a true story
1996
The novelist tells the story of his father, who created him and whom he recreates in an act of memory, elegy, and appreciation.

Clear Springs

a memoir
1999
A memoir in which author Bobbie Ann Mason tells the story of her Kentucky farm family and the challenges she and her parents and grandparents faced when the changing world intruded on their rural life.

When someone in the family drinks too much

1996
A self-help guide to enable children to cope with alcoholism in the family setting.

When a parent is very sick

1986
Discusses typical feelings and incidents encountered by a child when a parent is seriously ill or hurt, as well as how it affects the entire family, and suggests ways to deal with such situations.

Don't tell the girls

a family memoir
2005
Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff shares what she learned trying to trace the history of her Irish family, and provides information on how to conduct family research.

Where's mom's hair?

a family's journey through cancer
2005
Cover the steps of a woman's cancer treatment from the perspective of her two young sons, and contains photographs that describe the ways in which their family and friends supported their mom through her operation and chemotherapy.

Voices from fatherhood

fathers, sons, and ADHD
1997

A difference in the family

living with a disabled child
1981

Brothers and sisters

2005
Presents a description of what it is like to have a sibling with a disability, in simple text with photographs, including the stories of a number of children who interact with a brother or sister with a physical disability. Includes glossary and resources.

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