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The Child Who Never Grew by Pearl S. Buck is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Child Who Never Grew about?

Pearl S. Buck’s groundbreaking memoir, hailed by James Michener as “spiritually moving,” about raising a child with a rare developmental disorder. The Child Who Never Grew is Buck’s candid memoir of her relationship with her oldest daughter, who was born with a rare type of mental retardation. A forerunner of its kind, the memoir was published in 1950 and helped demolish the cruel taboos surrounding learning disabilities. Buck describes life with her daughter, Carol, whose special needs led Buck to send her to one of the best schools for disabled children in the United States — which she paid for in part by writing The Good Earth, her multimillion-selling classic novel. Brave and touching, The Child Who Never Grew is a heartrending memoir of parenting. As Buck writes, “I learned respect and reverence for every human mind. It was my child who taught me to understand so clearly that all people are equal in their humanity and that all have the same human rights.”

Who reads The Child Who Never Grew?

Author

Pearl S. Buck

Publisher

Open Road Media

Published

2012

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.92 / 5 (288 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13