I have known Colleen Faulkner
for 25 years. She's a like a sister to me. She's also a wonderful writer. You can follow her on Twitter, friend her on Facebook, and read her blog.
Colleen has a brand new book out. Please take a look:
It's how you love that matters.
Alicia Richards loved her
daughter from her very first breath. Days later, when tests confirmed what
Alicia already knew—that Chloe had Down syndrome—she didn't falter. Her
ex-husband wanted a child who would grow to be a scholar. For Alicia, it's
enough that Chloe just is.
Now twenty-five, Chloe is sweet, funny, and content. Alicia brings her to adult daycare while she teaches at a local college. One day Chloe arrives home thrumming with excitement, and says the words Alicia never anticipated. She has met someone—a young man named Thomas. Within days, Chloe and Thomas, also mentally challenged, declare themselves in love.
Alicia strives to see past her misgivings to the new possibilities opening up for her daughter. Shouldn't Chloe have the same right to love as anyone else? But there is no way to prepare for the relationship unfolding, or for the moments of heartbreak and joy ahead.
With grace and warmth, Colleen Faulkner tells an unflinching yet heartrending story of mothers and daughters, and of the risks we all take, both in loving and in letting go.
Now twenty-five, Chloe is sweet, funny, and content. Alicia brings her to adult daycare while she teaches at a local college. One day Chloe arrives home thrumming with excitement, and says the words Alicia never anticipated. She has met someone—a young man named Thomas. Within days, Chloe and Thomas, also mentally challenged, declare themselves in love.
Alicia strives to see past her misgivings to the new possibilities opening up for her daughter. Shouldn't Chloe have the same right to love as anyone else? But there is no way to prepare for the relationship unfolding, or for the moments of heartbreak and joy ahead.
With grace and warmth, Colleen Faulkner tells an unflinching yet heartrending story of mothers and daughters, and of the risks we all take, both in loving and in letting go.
Praise for Just Like
Other Daughters:
"This deeply moving
story of maternal love and renewal will touch your heart. It's a celebration of
the capacity of the human heart to heal itself and embrace change, beautifully
written with rare insight." ~Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times
bestselling author
"Be prepared to weep
tears of sorrow as well as tears of joy. This is a novel you won't soon
forget." ~Holly Chamberlin, author of Last Summer
"Just Like Other Daughters as
so real, so honest . . . I laughed, I hoped, I cried. It's that good." ~Cathy
Lamb, author of Henry's Sisters
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Daughters:
2 comments:
That's so sweet, Donna. Thank you for sharing my new book.
I am barely into the book, but being the parent of an adult daughter with Down Syndrome myself, I am awe struck with how Colleen Faulkner has captured the nature & spirit of these precious, yet challenging young ladies. Bravo Ms. Faulkner. You have a new fan.
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