Where We Going, Daddy?: Life with Two Sons Unlike Any Other

Цена 10.20 - 19.47 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781590513385

Автор

Страниц 128

Год выпуска 2010

Jean-Louis Fournier did not expect to have a disabled child. He certainly did not expect to have two. But that is precisely what happened to this wry French humorist, and his attempts to live and cope with his Mathieu and Thomas, both facing extremely debilitating physical and mental challenges, is the subject of this brave and heartbreaking book. Fournier recalls the life he imagined having with his sonsa??but his boys will never really grow up, and he mourns the loss of every memory he thought he’d have.A A A Though a devoted father, he does not shy away from exploring the limits of his love, the countless times he is filled with frustration and disappointment with no relief in sight. Mathieu and Thomas can barely communicate, and each in turn repeats learned phrases, such as “Where we going, Daddy?” (a favorite in the car) in what feels toFournier to be an eternal loop.A A A In WhereWe Going, Daddy? Fournier reveals everything, and that is perhaps his most remarkable quality. He...