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That Went Well: Adventures In Caring For My Sister (2009)

by Terrell Harris Dougan(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1401323294 (ISBN13: 9781401323295)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Hyperion

review 1: An amazing book that everyone should read, but especially those with a special needs person in their family. It has a little bit of humor, a lot of truth and a tiny bit of sadness in it, but it all comes together beautifully. The fact that the author is from Utah, makes this story all the better for me.....reading about things Terrell did, makes me appreciate her story. She's part of the reason that special needs kids are in regular schools, as well as so many other things that impact the life of parents with kids that need just a little or a lot extra attention. Amazing book.
review 2: I got this book in our book club book exchange. It is the story of a family who has one "normal" little girl and then has a girl with a developmental disability. The story... more begins in the 50's when there are not many options open to families. Of course they were told to institutionalize Irene.Irene doesn't really fit in anywhere. The family, especially Irene's sister Terrell, become activitists and develop new options for Irene. Life in the family is difficult and yet rewarding and they try to see things with humor when they can. Irene even has a good sense of humor including a sign on her refigerator "Normal People Worry Me." One paragraph in the book had deep insight for me. Irene's mom says, " I'm so discouraged, I don't know what to do. Irene doesn't fit in anywhere and I can't cope with her any more. I don't want to leave her to you (Terrell, author of the book) to have to deal with. I'm thinking the best solution is just to kill her somehow and then kill myself." Four years ago, one of my friends was killed by her husband. Then the husband stabbed their son who has Down Syndrome and then killed himself. It has been very difficult to understand what happened to cause the situaion to end up this way. My friend's other son now is caring for this brother. One of the hard parts is now the one son has to care for his brother who not only has Down Syndrome, but emotional issues because of what the father did to the family. less

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