Running with Walker : a memoir / Robert Hughes.

By:

Hughes, Robert, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1417501103
9781417501106
1846424062
9781846424069
9781843107552
1843107554

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Running with Walker.DDC classification:

616.89820092 22

LOC classification:

RJ506 .H84 2003eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Running with Walker: A Memoir; Contents; Prologue Christmas Party, 1997; Chapter 1 A New Cult; Chapter 2 "Denial"; Chapter 3 Brothers; Chapter 4 Yes and No; Chapter 5 Child Development to the Rescue; Chapter 6 Homeschooling I: Cemetery School; Chapter 7 Homeschooling II: Running With Walker; Chapter 8 The Two Walkers; Chapter 9 "Nothing is Written"; Chapter 10 Maureen; Chapter 11 Yearning; Chapter 12 The Apocalypse; Chapter 13 Davy Crashes; Chapter 14 Liftoff?; Chapter 15 Apocalypse, Again; Chapter 16 Hope; Epilogue June 2001

Summary: By the time he was three, Walker's parents were concerned enough about his delayed development to consult a paediatric neurologist. Doctors diagnosed autism and issued a grim prognosis: 'I hold out no hope for this child'. But they hadn't accounted for Walker's intelligence, affection, and sense of humour - or for the remarkable bonds that grew within his family. Walker's father, Robert Hughes, tells a touching and inspiring story of discovering that their 'perfect little boy had a problem'. With disarming honesty and humour, the book tells how a family copes and keeps hope alive despite the s.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
eBook	e-Library	EBSCO Psychology		Available

Total holds: 0

Print version record.

By the time he was three, Walker's parents were concerned enough about his delayed development to consult a paediatric neurologist. Doctors diagnosed autism and issued a grim prognosis: 'I hold out no hope for this child'. But they hadn't accounted for Walker's intelligence, affection, and sense of humour - or for the remarkable bonds that grew within his family. Walker's father, Robert Hughes, tells a touching and inspiring story of discovering that their 'perfect little boy had a problem'. With disarming honesty and humour, the book tells how a family copes and keeps hope alive despite the s.

Added to collection customer.56279.3