http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/the-road-to-holland-mothertalk-book-tour/ Living and writing in rural Japan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/the-road-to-holland-mothertalk-book-tour/#comment-968 V. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:13:13 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/?p=369#comment-968 Lovely, Suzanne. Lovely, Suzanne.

]]> http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/the-road-to-holland-mothertalk-book-tour/#comment-966 MotherTalk Blog Book Tour, Day 5! « Pinwheels Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:48:40 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/?p=369#comment-966 [...] Gaijin Mama writes about cultural assumptions that children with Down syndrome are always happy, that parents of children with special needs are saintly, and that parents who choose abortion are doing so to avoid suffering (the parents’ and the child’s.)  She feels these stereotypes are comfortable and don’t require us to think too much.  She writes, “Until very recently, the lives of families with special needs children have been pretty much absent from literature.  Reading this book is like stepping into a new frontier.  The world of special needs families is indeed another country.  Maybe not Holland, exactly, but someplace wondrous and surprising.” [...] [...] Gaijin Mama writes about cultural assumptions that children with Down syndrome are always happy, that parents of children with special needs are saintly, and that parents who choose abortion are doing so to avoid suffering (the parents’ and the child’s.)  She feels these stereotypes are comfortable and don’t require us to think too much.  She writes, “Until very recently, the lives of families with special needs children have been pretty much absent from literature.  Reading this book is like stepping into a new frontier.  The world of special needs families is indeed another country.  Maybe not Holland, exactly, but someplace wondrous and surprising.” [...]

]]> http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/the-road-to-holland-mothertalk-book-tour/#comment-965 jennifergg Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:34:15 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/?p=369#comment-965 Thank you, Suzanne. It is a new frontier indeed, and I'm happy and proud to be here with you. Thank you, Suzanne. It is a new frontier indeed, and I’m happy and proud to be here with you.

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