{"product_id":"the-child-who-never-spoke-231-2-lessons-in-fragility-hardcover","title":"The Child Who never Spoke: 231\/2 Lessons in Fragility - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Nehring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009 Cristina Nehring's brilliant first book, \u003cem\u003eA Vindication of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, was featured on the cover of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. An important new voice had appeared in American letters. Just as suddenly, Nehring seemed to disappear-only to reemerge like a bolt from the blue.\u003c\/p\u003e \"Now unexpectedly from Paris comes a heartbreaking and tender memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Child Who Never Spoke\u003c\/em\u003e, that explains her years of silence. These 'lessons in fragility' tell of Nehring's unexpected pregnancy and birth of a 'special child, ' a baby girl with Down syndrome in its most extreme form. Forthright, profound, and passionate, this new book is also a vindication of love. Although it tells a story full of sorrow, \u003cem\u003eThe Child Who Never Spoke\u003c\/em\u003e is a not a sad book but a profound and joyous testament to the love between a mother and daughter.\"-Dana Gioia, California poet laureate and author of \u003cem\u003eCan Poetry Matter?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most graceful, tender and wise books I have ever read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Christina Hoff Sommers, Senior Fellow Emeritus, American Enterprise Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A colorful, harrowing, engrossing account of mothering in extremis by one of the world's last bohemians and true free spirits. Nehring has a lot to teach the rest of us about finding adventure and joy during times of darkness and crisis.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Katie Roiphe, author of \u003cem\u003eIn Praise of Messy Lives \u003c\/em\u003eand editor of \u003cem\u003eJanet Malcolm: The Last Interview and Other Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Child Who Never Spoke: 23 1\/2 Lessons in Fragility\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a guidebook to the unexpected gifts of adversity. It is a love story, an adventure tale, an impetuous travelog, and a suspenseful medical saga (you can almost hear the hospital beeps in the background) borne along by Nehring's buoyant breadth of spirit and the unbreakable bond with her daughter Eurydice. And the writing! So elegant and intimate!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-James Wolcott, author of the memoir \u003cem\u003eLucking Out\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCritical Mass\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Her prose is pure gold. Like a fine painting, or aged Scottish malt, she succeeds by avoiding all of the usual pretentious mistakes that drive me bonkers. Incredibly thrifty use of words\/brushstrokes: not a trace of self-pity or showiness. I'm in awe of her talent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Rob Kay, parent of Jordan Kay, with Down Syndrome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cristina Nehring is an extraordinary writer ... We all live among families with special needs children, but we have never read anything as intimate, revealing and celebratory about them as this page-turner of a book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Helen Epstein, author of \u003cem\u003eChildren of the Holocaust and Getting Through It: A Year of Cancer During Covid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eThe Child Who Never Spoke, \u003c\/em\u003e Cristina Nehring trades her life as a \"romantic, a nomad, a solitary\" for the ultimate act of partnership: motherhood. Though her dive into domestic life is full of seemingly cruel plot twists, Nehring draws from mothering a series of insights so tender they take the reader's breath away.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Heather Harpham, author of \u003cem\u003eHappiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52465440162099,"sku":"9781956474367","price":41.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rp0xbiJqef9781956474367.webp?v=1759287222","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-child-who-never-spoke-231-2-lessons-in-fragility-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}