Raising Henry: a memoir of motherhood, disability, and discovery
by Adams, Rachel 1968-.
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BookPublisher: Yale University Press 2013ISBN: 9780300180008; 0300180004.Classification number: 618.9 ADASubject(s): Adams 1968- | Down syndrome -- Patients -- United States -- Biography | Developmentally disabled children -- United States -- Biography | Parents of developmentally disabled children -- United States -- Biography | Mothers and sons -- United States -- BiographySubject: Rachel Adams's life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a sunny Manhattan apartment, and a position as a tenured professor at Colombia University. Everything changed with the birth of her second child, Henry. Just minutes after he was born, doctors told her that Henry had Down syndrome, and she knew that her life would never be the same. In this honest, self-critical, and surprisingly funny book, Adams chronicles the first three years of Henry's life and her own transformat
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 618.9 ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002843208X |
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Rachel Adams's life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a sunny Manhattan apartment, and a position as a tenured professor at Colombia University. Everything changed with the birth of her second child, Henry. Just minutes after he was born, doctors told her that Henry had Down syndrome, and she knew that her life would never be the same. In this honest, self-critical, and surprisingly funny book, Adams chronicles the first three years of Henry's life and her own transformat
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