| Description |
xi, 215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I Bound -- 1: Eden -- 2: The Colors of Gone -- 3: Epitaphs -- 4: A Thousand Miles Away -- 5: Without a Past -- 6: Among the Redwoods -- 7: A World of Silence -- Part II Unbound -- 8: Reunion -- 9: A Big Red Bowling Ball -- 10: A New Language -- 11: A Room of Her Own -- 12: The Opening -- 13: A Fleeting Smile -- 14: Heartbreak -- 15: Fish in a Bottle -- 16: A Soundless Symphony -- 17: All in Black. |
| Summary |
Joyce Wallace Scott, MA, is the twin sister of Judith Scott. As an RN and developmental specialist she has worked for many years with children with Down Syndrome and other special needs. -- Publisher. |
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From birth fraternal twins Judith and Joyce Scott lived as if they were one person in two bodies, understanding instinctively what the other wanted and felt, despite the fact that Judy had Down syndrome, profound deafness, and never learned to speak or sign. At age seven Judy was taken from their shared bed while Joyce slept-- and the wholeness they had known was shattered. Decades later Joyce resolved to reunite with her sister. Now Joyce presents a penetrating personal narrative that explores a complex world of disability, loss, reunion, and the resiliency of the human spirit. |
| Subject |
Scott, Judith, 1943-2005.
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Down syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.
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Down syndrome patients as artists -- United States.
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Scott, Joyce (Joyce Wallace), 1943-
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Women caregivers.
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Twins -- Biography.
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Down Syndrome.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal Narratives.
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| ISBN |
9780807051405 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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0807051403 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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