Following Ezra
What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordinary Son
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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 son on a ten-year journey from Ezra's diagnosis to the dawn of his adolescence. It celebrates his growth from a remote toddler to an extraordinary young man, connected in his own remarkable ways to the world around him.
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Following Ezra, Thomas Fields-Meyer
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- Following Ezra
- Subtitle
- What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordinary Son
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Thomas Fields-Meyer
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0451234634
- ISBN13
- 9780451234636
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Psychological Topics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Psychology, Relationships, Biographies, Parenthood, Autism
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- 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 son on a ten-year journey from Ezra's diagnosis to the dawn of his adolescence. It celebrates his growth from a remote toddler to an extraordinary young man, connected in his own remarkable ways to the world around him.