The Return of Mikey
A grieving mother recalls her adventures in her autistic son’s life, death and life-after-death
by Diane Bucci
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Pub Date Jan 01 2012 | Archive Date Jan 08 2013
Description
This book is the culmination of twenty years of journaling the long struggle of a very short life. My son, Mikey, was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old. It was changed, or “upgraded,” to Asperger’s syndrome when he was seven. I began writing short, humorous stories about my daily challenges with him when he was young and finally put them together into a book format by the time he was eighteen. It was basically a collection of funny stories detailing my struggles raising a child who did not fit the “norm.”
My original intention was to produce an Erma Bombeck type of book that would appeal to other parents like me. We cannot find humorous parenting books on the shelves that relate to our children. Our books will be in the medical section (see Abnormal Psychology) or the nonfiction section (see Sob-Stories). Of course, there’s always a sprinkling of miracle stories among them. I’ve read them all. Someone removes wheat products from their autistic child’s diet and voila!, the child miraculously becomes normal. I knew that my son would not be the one in a million success story who shakes the world of modern psychiatry down to its roots. But I also knew he had something wonderful to offer people in the way of hope.Advance Praise
Mikey was a boy, and man, of talents as well as demons, both captured beautifully in his mother’s journal. It is a tribute to Mikey’s spirit that his mother has written such a rich, deep, and moving tribute to her funny, sensitive, capable, and puzzling son.
Sally J. Rogers, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center
A touching story of courage, humor, life, death, and life again. I laughed and cried on a journey that gives us all hope through the tragedies of life.
Craig Zablocki, Author & Motivational Speaker
Diane’s sense of humor and strength is what made Mikey the functioning human being he became. A page turner, you will come to know a young man of amazing intelligence, surprising wit, and a love who will become a part of your life forever. Read the book and know Mikey has returned...or never really left.
Linda Salvin, MPH, PhD Talk Show Host, Psychic, Healer, Medium
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780984590483 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
