Thursday, June 14th at7:30 p.m. at Community Bookstore.
143 7th Avenue, Park Slope. (718) 783-3075

Note from OTBKB: I’ve read much of the book, a collection of personal, honest, and inspiring essays by parents of special needs kids of all types. A must-read for all parents, special needs or not, because of what it expresses about parenting and love.

Community Books sent this:

Candid, passionate, personal, and heartbreakingly
funny, a view from within the whirlwind of parenting a
child with special needs
Three years ago, magazine editor Denise Brodey’s
precocious four-year-old son, Toby, was diagnosed with
a combination of sensory integration dysfunction and
childhood depression. As she struggled to make sense
of her new, often chaotic, often lonely world, what
she found comforted her most was talking with other
harried, hopeful, and insightful parents of kids with
special needs, learning how they coped with the
feelings they encountered throughout the day.
In The Elephant in the Playroom, moms and dads from
across the country write intimately and honestly about
the joyful highs and disordered lows of raising
children who are “not quite normal.” Laying bare the
emotional, medical, and social challenges they face,
their stories address issues ranging from if and when
to medicate a child, to how to get a child who is
overly sensitive to the texture of food to eat lunch.
Eloquent and honest, the voices in this collection
will provide solace and support for the millions of
parents whose kids struggle with ADD, ADHD, sensory
disorders, childhood depression, Asperger’s syndrome,
and autism—as well as the many kids who fall between
diagnoses.
Offering readers comfort, community, and much-needed
perspective, The Elephant in the Playroom is sure to
become essential reading for parents of all sorts of
kids.
We’d love to see you there! Thursday, June 14th at
7:30 p.m. at Community Bookstore. 143 7th Avenue, Park
Slope. (718) 783-3075