Daniel Isn't Talking, (Paperback)

from porchsitter55

"Daniel Isn't Talking" by Marti Leimbach is a glimpse inside the life of a mother who is passionate about finding the key to unlock her young autistic son's mind. Her husband, Stephen, is a man who does not look beyond the surface of Daniel's illness, which eventually drives a wedge between the c...

from SheilaDeeth

Vaccines don't cause autism. Unorthodox ideas don't cure it. But autistic kids are real individuals with real families, and Marti Leimback's novel convincingly evokes that reality with engaging humor and enthralling detail. The only way I knew this book was fiction, in fact, was from the way thos...

from SqueakyChu

This is a good book which I appreciated much more after I read it completely and also read "A note from the author". During my read of the novel, I thought it was transforming into a competition between the two men in Melanie's life, but, by the end of the book, I saw it was much more than that. ...

from lrobe190

When a young boy is diagnosed with autism, the whole family is affected. The story is told through the eyes of the mother who has been aware that her older child is different from other children his age. The father doesn't want to acknowledge that there is a problem. As the mother searches for ev...

from bhowell

This book was recommmended by Anita Shreve, Deborah Moggach, and Joanne Harris and that was good enough for me. I bought it and read it and I certainly was not disappointed. At the age of two, Daniel is diagnosed with autism and nothing will ever be the same for his family. The story is told by h...