Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordi nary Son

by Tom Fields-Meyer

Book Overview

A heartwarming, intimate, and amusing memoir of a father's experience raising his autistic son.

When Tom Fields-Meyer's son Ezra was three and showing early signs of autism, a therapist suggested that the father needed to grieve.

"For what?" Tom asked.
The answer: "For the child he didn't turn out to be."

That moment helped strengthen the author's resolve to do just the opposite: to love the child Ezra was, a quirky...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451234634
• ISBN13: 9780451234636
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher