From Publishers Weekly
Nobel laureate Buck's groundbreaking account of raising a mentally retarded child, originally published in 1950, appears here with new material, including a foreword by James A. Michener. Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
Woodbine House is proud to bring back into print a classic in disability literature. Written by the Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Good Earth and many other books, this personal account broke a national taboo when it was originally published in 1950. Buck's inspiring account of her struggle to help and understand her daughter with mental retardation was the first disclosure of its kind by a public figure. Today, much of the emotional experience Buck so eloquently describes still rings true. New material written especially for this edition amplifies her story and gives the book an important historical perspective.


From the Publisher
A Review... "...Buck turned away from fiction for this heartfelt 1950 volume about her mentally retarded daughter. The volume broke the taboo against raising the subject in public and laid the groundwork for the literature on the disabled that followed." --Library Journal

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This edition brings back into print a classic in disability literature. Written by a Nobel and Pulitzer prize- winning author, this personal account broke a national taboo when it was originally published in 1950. Buck's inspiring account of her struggle to help and understand her daughter with mental retardation was perhaps the first disclosure of its kind by a public figure. Today, much of the emotional experience Buck so eloquently describes still rings true. New material written especially for this edition amplifies her story and gives the book an important historical perspective.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly