{"product_id":"the-child-who-never-spoke-231-2-lessons-in-fragility-paperback","title":"The Child Who Never Spoke: 231\/2 Lessons in Fragility - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Nehring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009 Cristina Nehring's brilliant first book, \u003cem\u003eA Vindication of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, was featured on the cover of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. An important new voice had appeared in American letters. Just as suddenly, Nehring seemed to disappear-only to reemerge like a bolt from the blue.\u003c\/p\u003e \"Now unexpectedly from Paris comes a heartbreaking and tender memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Child Who Never Spoke\u003c\/em\u003e, that explains her years of silence. These 'lessons in fragility' tell of Nehring's unexpected pregnancy and birth of a 'special child, ' a baby girl with Down syndrome in its most extreme form. Forthright, profound, and passionate, this new book is also a vindication of love. Although it tells a story full of sorrow, \u003cem\u003eThe Child Who Never Spoke\u003c\/em\u003e is a not a sad book but a profound and joyous testament to the love between a mother and daughter.\"-Dana Gioia, California poet laureate and author of \u003cem\u003eCan Poetry Matter?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A colorful, harrowing, engrossing account of mothering in extremis by one of the world's last bohemians and true free spirits. Nehring has a lot to teach the rest of us about finding adventure and joy during times of...crisis.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Katie Roiphe author of \u003cem\u003eIn Praise of Messy Lives\u003c\/em\u003e and editor of \u003cem\u003eJanet Malcolm: The Last Interview and Other Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Yes, there are hard-won lessons to be wrung from Cristina Nehring's ongoing odyssey as the single mother of a Down syndrome child and spun into lyric wisdom. But \u003cem\u003eThe Child Who Never Spoke: 231\/2 Lessons in Fragility\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a guidebook to the uses and unexpected gifts of adversity. It is a love story, an adventure tale, an impetuous travelog, and a suspenseful medical saga (you can almost hear the hospital beeps in the background, the shuffle of footsteps down the halls) borne along by Nehring's buoyant breadth of spirit and the unbreakable bond with her daughter Eurydice. And the writing! So elegant and intimate. It's like hearing from a cherished friend after way too long.\" -James Wolcott, author of the memoir \u003cem\u003eLucking Out\u003c\/em\u003e and the essay collection \u003cem\u003eCritical Mass\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most graceful, tender and wise books I have ever read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-Christina Hoff Sommers, Senior Fellow Emeritus, American Enterprise Institute; author of The War on Boys\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987497222445,"sku":"9781956474374","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/IyhD0g6t269781956474374.webp?v=1776179063","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-child-who-never-spoke-231-2-lessons-in-fragility-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}