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<p><br>both A Medical Drama And Meditation On Motherhood, <i>the Water Giver</i> Is Joan Ryan's Honest Account Of Her Doubts And Mistakes In Raising A Learning-disabled Son And The Story Of How His Near-fatal Accident Gave Her A Second Chance As A Parent.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>how Does One Raise Children To Be The Best They Can Be, Instead Of The Best Of Who You Want Them To Be? Former San Francisco Chronicle Sports Columnist Ryan (little Girls In Pretty Boxes) Wrestled With This Question For Most Of Her Adopted Son Ryan's Life, Never Quite Feeling As If Her Mothering Instincts Fit The Boy She Loved. His Early Childhood Diagnosis With Sensory Integration Dysfunction Gave Her Analytical Side A Roadmap Of Therapies And Teaching Tools, But The Heartbreak Of Watching Him Struggle Endlessly In School And At Home Left Her Emotionally Exhausted And Unsure Of Herself. Then Their Lives Changed&#58; After Falling From His Skateboard Just Blocks From Their Home At Age Tk, Her Son Suffered A Traumatic Brain Injury That Left Him Unable To Walk Or Talk, Requiring Multiple Complex Surgeries And Months Of Rehabilitation. Her Story Of Supporting Him Through This Experience, With Expert

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Author

Joan Ryan

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416576525

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Psychology, Gender Studies, Fiction

Rating

3.77 / 5 (319 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13