A Slant of Sun by Beth Kephart
A gruesome murder broke up two lovers. Many years later Marjorie Drew starts to unravel the facts surrounding the crime. But as the truth slowly starts to surface events are set in motion which cast a whole different light on an old murder.Murder, love, mysterious characters and hidden treasure; Laura Brett has written a masterful novel that keeps you reading from the first to the last page Belinda Bowles-Sutton, newspaper critic.A new talent has surfaced Laura Brett's The Mystery Of An Old Murder has all the right ingredients mystery lovers want Colin Farmer, Bookreaders Weekly.
"It’s so hard, this parenting projectEvery kid is different, every parent is different, and the boxes we’re permitted so confining. Every difference diagnosed; every variation a treatment problem. And in spite of it all, parents do muddle through, and children do grow, unfold, become their own true selves, as we reach towards and finally to them—as Beth Kephart reaches toward Jeremy and Jeremy toward the world." -- Barbara Katz Rothman, author of In Labor, Recreating Motherhood, and The Tentative Pregnancy
"Beautifully written, absorbing and moving. A highly talented mother affords us precious insight into her son’s extraordinary progression from autistic features to giftedness." -- Bernard Rimland, M.D., Director, Autism Research Institute
"We may teach our children to read, but they teach us the language of the spirit. In these sterling essays, Beth Kephart listens with her soul. In clear, incandescent prose, she invites us to defy probability along with her, to learn the meaning of faith and the navigation of the everyday, to understand the labels and break through them. A Slant of Sun is a luminous gift in the lives of all who love the ‘special’ child, or any child at all." -- Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Shelter
"A triumph of writing and of the human spirit. This moving, suspenseful, brave, and daring book belongs with the classics. To read it is to experience first-hand the redemptive power of love." -- Kim Chernin, author of My Life As a Boy
"I’ve always though ‘different’ a sad euphemism when it was applied to children with problems, but Beth Kephart has undone my every preconception. Her desperate, loving journey through uncharted territory is ultimately so moving and hope-affirming (without a moment of sappy ‘uplift’) that I was overwhelmed by it. By helping her son out of his silence, putting words on these pages, Kephart redeems all of us from reading any diagnosis as certain doom." -- Rosellen Brown, author of Before and After
"Beth Kephart beautifully communicates many important aspects of the process that helped her son grow. What she's done intuitively we've been working on systematizing for many parents with children with special needs so that more children might benefit." -- Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
"Beautifully written, absorbing and moving. A highly talented mother affords us precious insight into her son’s extraordinary progression from autistic features to giftedness." -- Bernard Rimland, M.D., Director, Autism Research Institute
"We may teach our children to read, but they teach us the language of the spirit. In these sterling essays, Beth Kephart listens with her soul. In clear, incandescent prose, she invites us to defy probability along with her, to learn the meaning of faith and the navigation of the everyday, to understand the labels and break through them. A Slant of Sun is a luminous gift in the lives of all who love the ‘special’ child, or any child at all." -- Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Shelter
"A triumph of writing and of the human spirit. This moving, suspenseful, brave, and daring book belongs with the classics. To read it is to experience first-hand the redemptive power of love." -- Kim Chernin, author of My Life As a Boy
"I’ve always though ‘different’ a sad euphemism when it was applied to children with problems, but Beth Kephart has undone my every preconception. Her desperate, loving journey through uncharted territory is ultimately so moving and hope-affirming (without a moment of sappy ‘uplift’) that I was overwhelmed by it. By helping her son out of his silence, putting words on these pages, Kephart redeems all of us from reading any diagnosis as certain doom." -- Rosellen Brown, author of Before and After
"Beth Kephart beautifully communicates many important aspects of the process that helped her son grow. What she's done intuitively we've been working on systematizing for many parents with children with special needs so that more children might benefit." -- Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
Beth Kephart is the award-winning author of a memoir trilogy. She has written about writing and the imagination for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and Parenting. She lives in Devon, Pennsylvania.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393027426 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393027422 |
| Title | A Slant of Sun |
| Author | Beth Kephart |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 1998-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for United States National Book Awards: Nonfiction 1998 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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