Normal, a mother and her beautiful son, Magdalena Newman with Hilary Liftin ; foreword by R.J. Palacio
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Normal, a mother and her beautiful son, Magdalena Newman with Hilary Liftin ; foreword by R.J. Palacio
Language
eng
resource.biographical
collective biography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Normal
Oclc number
1080246296
Responsibility statement
Magdalena Newman with Hilary Liftin ; foreword by R.J. Palacio
Sub title
a mother and her beautiful son
Summary
"A moving memoir from the mother of a child with Treacher Collins Syndrome, with a foreword by R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder"--, Provided by publisherNormal. Who is to say what this word means? For Magda Newman, it was a goal. She wanted her son Nathaniel to be able to play on the playground, swim at the beach, enjoy the moments his friends took for granted. But Nathaniel's severe Treacher Collins syndrome-- a craniofacial condition-- meant that other concerns came first. But Nathaniel looks at 'normal' from a completely different perspective. Here, mother and son tell the story of their family-- from Nathaniel facing sixty-seven surgeries before the age of fifteen, to making friends, moving across the country, and persevering through hardships. -- adapted from jacket
Table Of Contents
Foreword by R.J. Palacio -- I. A beautiful baby boy : -- Beautiful -- Congratulations -- The first twenty-eight days -- To eat -- To breathe -- A different world -- Not cut out for this -- To eat, to speak -- To hear -- Division of labor -- II. A normal childhood : -- A house of our own -- Bad luck -- Casseroles and pity -- We've got this -- Teaching and being taught -- The new me -- Shallow water -- Good Christian neighbors -- A marathon, not a sprint -- III. Wonder : -- A "real-life" Auggie -- The boy from the Wonder book -- Reno -- Hollywood -- IV. The big one : -- A unique form of torture -- A dog angel -- Complicated complications -- Muscle memory -- A new face -- Two wonders meet -- Made whole again -- Gift from God -- A new normal -- The "real" Wonder boy -- Gratitude -- Afterword: swimming like a fish
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- Newman, Nathaniel -- Health
- Biographies
- Families -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Biography
- Maladies génétiques
- Seattle (Wash.) -- Biography
- Os de la face + Malformations -- Biographies
- Mandibulofacial Dysostosis
- Mothers and sons
- Familles
- Facial Bones + abnormalities
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Syndrome de Franceschetti
- Washington
- Family
- Facial bones + Abnormalities -- Biography
- Dysostosis -- Biography
- Genetic disorders -- Biography
- Newman, Magdalena
- Autobiographies
- Genetic disorders
- Mères et fils
- Familles -- Washington (État) -- Seattle
- Family members
- Maladies génétiques -- Biographies
- Autobiography
- Dysostose -- Biographies
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- Contributor2
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject27
- Newman, Nathaniel -- Health
- Biographies
- Families -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Biography
- Maladies génétiques
- Seattle (Wash.) -- Biography
- Os de la face + Malformations -- Biographies
- Mandibulofacial Dysostosis
- Mothers and sons
- Familles
- Facial Bones + abnormalities
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Syndrome de Franceschetti
- Washington
- Family
- Facial bones + Abnormalities -- Biography
- Dysostosis -- Biography
- Genetic disorders -- Biography
- Newman, Magdalena
- Autobiographies
- Genetic disorders
- Mères et fils
- Familles -- Washington (État) -- Seattle
- Family members
- Maladies génétiques -- Biographies
- Autobiography
- Dysostose -- Biographies
- Content1
- Author2
- writerofforeword1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1