Tilt: every family spins on its own axis

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Summary: I loved this book
Review: Beautiful, engaging, every sentence is to be savored.

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Summary: Beautiful book!
Review: I absolutely loved this book. It made me laugh and cry and I can't wait for her second novel! I used to work with autistic children and it was heartwrenching to see what it is like for the family of an autistic child. I learned so much even though I've been a special ed teacher for over twenty years. Really a wonderful novel.

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Summary: Good but too dramatic
Review: I think Ms. Burns wrote a great first novel. She is a very petic writer, has a great technique, and the novel was very carrying. However, as a parent of an autistic child, I honestly was looking forward to something that would be somewhat of a simpatico with me and this was not. I felt that the perspective of the autistic child was a cliche that is what others perceive an autistic child is. I don't feel like the author truly researched the field. More was written about the other psychiatric illnesses than what a true autistic relationship would have been. The stereotypees were just too general and contrived. I couldn't get past my upset after a certain point that this just wasn't real life.

Maybe I am being too harsh but again, as a parent living and breathing with an autistic daughter, I didn't feel like it was real. I finished the book but in anger. Besides, in present day culture, a state will not let a person commit their child long term unless a parent signs over parental control, thereby giving up all capabilities to be a part of a child's treatment team. It is basically unheard of so I felt like the story jumped the shark, so to speak.