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A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled And Other Adventures (2009)

by Quinn Bradlee(Favorite Author)

3.37 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1586481894 (ISBN13: 9781586481896)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

PublicAffairs

review 1: I saw this book in my daughter, Annelies', pile from the library and felt compelled to pick it up. It is a short ride, a read from the point of view of the learning disabled person. I am always wondering why some things I just don't get and others I get very well. Quinn has a learning disability, which is connected to physical illnesses. He has surmounted surgeries, illnesses and knows too well how hospitals work. But he has also been blessed with parents who were able to help him. Not only in the obvious way, as in they had lots of money to pay for tutors and private schools, but in the way that he was their only child, they had him late in life, and simply had time to spend with him. Most parents cannot spend days in a hospital room, they have to work or take care... more of other kids. It was very enlightening to see things from his viewpoint. I hope this helps me understand my students who have disabilites.
review 2: I wish I'd liked this book more - Quinn's tale of what it was like growing up with VCFS is interesting and his "voice" is engaging. Part of my problem is that he is the son of Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee, so his story is also that of a rich child with VCFS and parents that could afford good treatment, good schools, etc. (not that it always turned out good for Quinn socially). It's admirable that he wants to be so open and honest about his life to help us understand what it is like to not be "normal", but by virtue of his birth he'd never have been "normal".Still, his descriptions of being learning disabled and the struggles he (and others) go through will help those of us that aren't on that curve understand, and thus have a positive impact on those less economically fortunate than he. less

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