It seems to me that there have been a lot of books published on autism in the past few years. This one was incredible. It is the story of Carly Fleischmann and her family -parents Arthur and Tammy, older brother Matthew and twin sister Taryn. From the beginning Carly was a challenge that would have defeated me in the first 15 minutes. I can't describe it because it would take too long. They had a non communicative daughter who screamed and destroyed her room every night. The financial strain is amazing. The quest for an answer is tiring. And did I mention that Tammy was diagnosed with cancer and had to go through treatment? Unbelievable how this family survived. And speaking of unbelievable - Carly learns to communicate! And all of those years that they assumed she had little understanding of what was going on - well it was actually quite the opposite. It is an amazing book - and part of it is written by Carly!
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