{"product_id":"a-slant-of-sun-one-childs-courage-9780393340983","title":"A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIn intimate, incandescent prose, Kephart shares the painful and inspiring experience of loving a child whose \"special needs\" bring tremendous frustration and incalculable rewards. \"What, in the end, are you fighting for: Normal?\" Kephart asks. \"Is normal possible? Can it be defined? . . . And is normal superior to what the child inherently is, to what he aspires to, fights to become, every second of his day?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the help of passionate parental involvement and the kindness of a few open hearts, Jeremy slowly emerges from a world of obsessive play rituals, atypical language constructions, endless pacing, and lonely frustrations. Triumphantly, he begins to engage others, describe his thoughts and passions, build essential friendships. Ultimately this is a story of the shallowness of medical labels compared to a child's courage and a mother's love, of which Kephart writes, \"Nothing erodes it. It is not sand on a beach. It is the nuclear heart of things--hard as the rock of this earth.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393340983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d","brand":"Beth Kephart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39955563872437,"sku":"9780393340983","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_320b7588-73b6-4c39-a135-842be59fa7f0.jpg?v=1620216285","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-slant-of-sun-one-childs-courage-9780393340983","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}