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Writing With Grace: A Journey Beyond Down Syndrome

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Judy Mcfarlane

  • Writing With Grace
  • Writing With Grace
    An inspiring & informative story of a writer and a 24 year old with Down syndrome who dreams of being a famous writer.


2014
ISBN: 9781771620253

When Judy McFarlane is asked if she will help Grace, a woman with Down syndrome who dreams of becoming a famous writer, she realises she holds deep, unacknowledged fears that Grace will be a dull-eyed young woman who can’t read, let alone write, or that she might become agitated, even lash out. But the idea that Grace wants to be a writer, a dream McFarlane gave up when she was young, captures McFarlane. She helps Grace write her book and travels with Grace to give a copy of the book to her grandfather.

Writing with Grace is the inspiring and informative story of the journey Grace and Judy have taken together. It relates the often-dark history of Down syndrome and tells a universal story of moving from a deep fear of "the other" to seeing the world through the eyes of another person. With honest introspection and keen insight, Writing with Grace delves into what it takes to face one’s own prejudice and what it means to live a full life and believe you are worthy.

Table of Contents

impossible

I want to write

my real truth

once upon a time

me, as a real person

a big news