Love Is Not Enough
A Mother's Memoir of Autism, Madness, and Hope
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Special Needs, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Jenny Lexhed | ISBN: | 9781628724714 |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse Publishing | Publication: | January 6, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Arcade Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jenny Lexhed |
| ISBN: | 9781628724714 |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Publication: | January 6, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Arcade Publishing |
| Language: | English |
An “honest, gripping, and eye-opening” portrait of a family in crisis and a “must-read for any parent of a child who is ‘different’” (Randye Kaye, author of Ben Behind His Voices).
When Jenny Lexhed and her husband have their first child, Lucas, they are living the dream. They’re happily married, they’ve just bought a house, the company they built together is starting to blossom. But with the arrival of their son, a feeling of anxiety slips into their life. Everything seems to indicate, and psychiatric evaluation concludes, that their son is severely autistic. Will he ever be able to communicate?
Jenny vows to do whatever she can to help Lucas connect with the world and live an independent life. Tossed between hope and despair, she begins a frantic effort to research the best among many competing therapies and find exactly the right treatment for her son. Her obsession takes her to the brink of exhaustion—and over, when she suffers a psychotic breakdown and must be committed to a psychiatric clinic. There begins another journey, to find her balance and recover her strong, healthy life, before she can begin again to fight for her son.
Both brutally honest and deeply affecting, Love Is Not Enough is a page-turning memoir that offers insight into autism and what a parent goes through for her child.
“Sometimes heart-wrenching, other times humorously touching, Love Is Not Enough reminds us that one of the most important things we can do as parents of special needs children is to be their champion, their advocate.” **—**Deborah Serani, PsyD, author of Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
An “honest, gripping, and eye-opening” portrait of a family in crisis and a “must-read for any parent of a child who is ‘different’” (Randye Kaye, author of Ben Behind His Voices).
When Jenny Lexhed and her husband have their first child, Lucas, they are living the dream. They’re happily married, they’ve just bought a house, the company they built together is starting to blossom. But with the arrival of their son, a feeling of anxiety slips into their life. Everything seems to indicate, and psychiatric evaluation concludes, that their son is severely autistic. Will he ever be able to communicate?
Jenny vows to do whatever she can to help Lucas connect with the world and live an independent life. Tossed between hope and despair, she begins a frantic effort to research the best among many competing therapies and find exactly the right treatment for her son. Her obsession takes her to the brink of exhaustion—and over, when she suffers a psychotic breakdown and must be committed to a psychiatric clinic. There begins another journey, to find her balance and recover her strong, healthy life, before she can begin again to fight for her son.
Both brutally honest and deeply affecting, Love Is Not Enough is a page-turning memoir that offers insight into autism and what a parent goes through for her child.
“Sometimes heart-wrenching, other times humorously touching, Love Is Not Enough reminds us that one of the most important things we can do as parents of special needs children is to be their champion, their advocate.” **—**Deborah Serani, PsyD, author of Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
