Rose Drury and her partner, Lucy, have just learned that their son, Roger, is considered to be below average — at the third percentile rank in most areas, according to the pediatrician. Although Rose herself is a developmental psychologist and knows all of the "right" answers and "correct" things to do, she finds that she is all too human, struggling with the opinions, social pressures and off-handed cruelty that can beset the mother of a child who is different.
With humour and desperation in equal measure, Rose sifts through her life history, looking for the definitive moment that could explain how she and her son got to this point. In this sparkling and empathetic novel, Marion Douglas digs into a young mother’s uncertainty, fear, and hard-won wisdom as she and her son — an odd and loveable giant of unpredictability — forge a path forward together.
Authors
- Pages
- 344
- Published in
- Calgary, CA
- Rights
- Marion Douglas
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Back Cover 2
- Half-Title 3
- Title 5
- Copyright 6
- Dedication 7
- Half-Title 2 9
- Chapter One 11
- Chapter Two 17
- Chapter Three 39
- Chapter Four 67
- Chapter Five 105
- Chapter Six 115
- Chapter Seven 135
- Chapter Eight 159
- Chapter Nine 177
- Chapter Ten 185
- Chapter Eleven 195
- Chapter Twelve 209
- Chapter Thirteen 223
- Chapter Fourteen 241
- Chapter Fifteen 259
- Chapter Sixteen 273
- Chapter Seventeen 283
- Chapter Eighteen 289
- Chapter Nineteen 309
- Chapter Twenty 317
- Chapter Twenty-One 323
- Chapter Twenty-Two 333
- Chapter Twenty-Three 339
- Acknowledgments 345
- Author Bio 346
