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Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child
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4 out of 5
Based on 60 Ratings and 22 Reviews

Book Description
When Michael Berube's second son Jamie was born with Down syndrome, life as he had known it was gone. Suddenly abstract questions the successful academic and author had been too busy to think about were thrust before him. Berube tells how he and his wife came to know this astonishing new person as their son, an individual like their other son and yet who, to the world, was not an individual b... More
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PublisherPantheon Books
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages284
ISBN-100679442235
ISBN-13978-0679442233
Publication Date10/01/1996
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About Michael Berube (Author) : Michael Berube is a published author. Published credits of Michael Berube include You're an Egg.(an English professor tries to get physically active again) : An article from: American Scholar, Life As... more
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