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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Hillary and Jeff Whittington describe their journey of support and unconditional love as they recount how their daughter Ryland identified as a boy from a very young age and decided to embrace her transgender transition.
8) Walking on eggshells: navigating the delicate relationship between adult children and their parents
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books/Flying Dolphin Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Using extensive interviews with people ages 25 to 70, editor Isay shows that we're far from alone in our struggles to make this adult relationship work. Isay charts a course through the confusing and often painful interactions parents and children can face, offering up groundbreaking insights and moving stories that will inspire those in even the toughest situations. You'll learn why silence really is golden, and how sometimes the smallest gesture...
Author
Publisher
The National Autistic Society
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Specially designed to give answers to the many questions of brothers and sisters of young people on the autistic spectrum. It also explains the characteristics of autism, with helpful suggestions for making family life more comfortable for everyone concerned.
11) Interventions with families of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people: from the inside out
Publisher
Harrington Park Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
12) The Glass Castle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Walls, who spent years trying to hide her childhood experiences, allows the story to spill out in this recollection of growing up. From her current perspective as a contributor to MSNBC online, she remembers the poverty, hunger, jokes, and bullying she and her siblings endured, and she looks back at her parents: her flighty, self-indulgent mother, a Pollyanna unwilling to assume the responsibilities of parenting, and her father, troubled, brilliant...
13) We still belong
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong-until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow"--
15) Probation
Author
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Mendicino explores how a closeted gay man's decision to marry impacts his life and the people he loves, and what happens when the lies unravel
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through a mixture of cartoons, family photos, documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. When it came to her elderly mother and father, Roz held to the practices of denial,...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of three, Mallory Smith grew into a determined, talented young woman who inspired others even as she raged against her illness. Despite the daily challenges of endless medical treatments and a deep understanding that she'd never lead a normal life, Mallory was determined to "live happy," a mantra she followed until her death. Mallory worked hard to make the most of the limited time she had, graduating Phi...
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