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The Spark Is Kristine Barnett's Remarkable Memoir About Being Mother To A Genius.kristine Barnett's Son Jacob Has An Iq Higher Than Einstein's, A Photographic Memory, And He Taught Himself Calculus In Two Weeks. At Nine He Started Working On An Original Theory In Astrophysics That Experts Believe May Someday Put Him In Line For A Nobel Prize, And At Age Twelve He Became A Paid Researcher In Quantum Physics. But The Story Of Kristine's Journey With Jake Is All The More Remarkable Because His Extraordinary Mind Was Almost Lost To Autism. At Age Two, When Jake Was Diagnosed, Kristine Was Told He Might Never Be Able To Tie His Own Shoes. Dramatic, Inspiring, And Transformative, The Spark Is About The Power Of Love And Courage In The Face Of Overwhelming Obstacles, And The Dazzling Possibilities That Can Occur When We Learn How To Tap The True Potential That Lies Within Every Child, And In All Of Us.'the Spark Is About The Transformative Power Of Unconditional Love. If You Have A Child Who's 'different' - And Who Doesn't? - You Won't Be Able To Put It Down' Sylvia Nasar, Author Of A Beautiful Mind'the Spark Describes In Glowing Terms The Profound Intensity With Which A Mother Can Love H
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Common subject areas: education, pedagogy.
- Author
- Kristine Barnett
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307362780
- Category
- education
- Subjects
- Medical, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (266 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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