Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs
My Journey with Jake
A Memoir of Parenting and Disability
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2000
- Category
- Personal Memoirs, Ethics
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896357355
- Publish Date
- Apr 2000
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Jake is celebrating his tenth birthday. That’s a remarkable feat, because at birth he was given only three years to live. Miriam Edelson is his mother, a dedicated fighter for Jake and families in similar situations. Edelson poses some tough questions: How do parents cope with a child who has special needs? Are we failing, as a society, to care for children with disabilities? Whatever happened to the federal government’s promise of a “Children’s Agenda”? My Journey with Jake works on two levels. It’s a poignant memoir by a devoted mother, and a hard-hitting, well-researched look at health care for Canada’s children.
About the author
Miriam Edelson, and the story of her son Jake, have appeared across Canada in newspapers and magazines, and on television and CBC Radio. She works as a trade-union and disability-rights activist.
