Matthew: A Memoir

by Anne Crosby (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $3.25

  From the moment she first held her newborn son in her arms, Anne Crosby knew something was wrong with him. Her instincts were correct: Matthew had Down's syndrome. Struggling with feelings of shock and grief, she determined that she would do whatever she could to help him lead as full a life as possible. This is the moving, insightful, and utterly candid account of the life Matthew made with the help of his mother and other caring people. Crosby also explores Matthew's inner life, revealing his playful mimicry and unexpected humour, his bursts of affection and occasional fits of temper and his gallantry toward his first love. Anne Crosby's portrait of her son gives us an abiding image of Matthew that deepens our understanding of what it means to be human.