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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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926662213
- Publish Date
- Apr 2000
- List Price
- $16.99
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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 is a social activist, mother, and writer living in Toronto.
