[bksvol-discuss] Re: Submitted another book
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:38:37 -0700 (PDT)
Sue,
Do you know if the one in the colleciton has
descriptions of the drawings and the handwritten
notes? If it doesn't, perhaps they can be added to
Mayrie's and it can be a BSO replacement.
Cindy
--- solsticesinger <solsticesinger25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is already in the collection.
>
> Shannon
> Are you a fan of women's music? If so, and you're
> interested in hearing the
> latest edition of "The Eclectic Collection: A
> Celebration of Women In
> Music", feel free to send a message to:
> solsticesinger25@xxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 8:29 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Submitted another book
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Here is another nonfiction book for your
> validating pleasure. "If
> We Could Hear The Grass Grow" By Eleanor Craig.
> I'll paste the inside
> covers of the book below. It is in rtf format, all
> page numbers and
> chapter headings protected. I fixed as I read so
> it ought to be nearly
> perfect. It really is a good book.
>
> Jamie or Cindy? In this book there are a
> few drawings made by the
> children about whom the book is written, as well as
> a few handwritten
> notes. The story is not diminished without them,
> but if either of you is
> interested in this kind of thing, would you consider
> picture descriptions
> and/or typing in the text of the handwritten notes?
> If you're both busy
> with other things, this book will not be unreadable
> at all. After all, I
> read it without them, and I still loved it.
>
> I hope someone enjoys this book.
>
> Peace,
>
> Mayrie
>
> (Front Flap)
>
> "Each day I saw more clearly what I wanted.
> To have a day camp for troubled children. And
> spend one last summer with my children in
> this house. A final chance to reweave more
> smoothly the family ties that bound us." It was
> a summer that will touch your heart. Now, in
> the same honest, thoughtful style that made
> her previous book, P.S. Your Not Listening, so
> successful, Eleanor Craig, gifted family
> therapist,
> teacher, and author, tells the wonderfully
> moving true story of her experiences running
> a day camp for emotionally disturbed children
> at her Connecticut home. If We Could Hear the
> Grass Grow is a funny, sad, fascinating account
> of what it's really like to cope and communicate
> with severely antisocial children on a day-to-day
> basis, deal with their violence, help
> ease their pain, and free their astonishing often
> hidden-capacity for love and sharing.
> Eleanor Craig shows us how these seemingly
> unreachable children can be reached and,
> most important, can achieve remarkable
> growth when handled by a committed, sensitive
> teacher. Among her "special kids" are:
>
> Rodney, the "Big Man," older than his years,
> tough, uncontrollably aggressive, and as
> much in need of love as of discipline.
>
> Maria, sweet, undemanding, and troubled,
> one of a large Hispanic family where the
> father has a history of manic depression and
> of being physically abusive. She spends
> much of her time in fervent prayer.
>
> Frankie, overweight and immature, who
> acts out his mother's agoraphobia by refusing
> to leave her side, day or night.
>
> Adam, abandoned by his young, mentally
> ill mother, and unable to communicate
> except in comic book babble.
> (continued on back flap)
> (continued from front flap)
>
> Gail, alternately coy and angry, who dreams
> of the day her rejecting and alcoholic "real,
> mother will reclaim her from her loving
> foster parents.
>
> Skipper, victim of a rare and progressive
> genetic disease which has left him deformed
> and mostly without speech, but
> whose capacity for loving seems
> undiminished.
>
> Diane, precocious and childlike at once,
> who is pushed and pulled unmercifully
> between her divorced parents.
>
> Against the backdrop of her marital separation
> and ensuing family upheaval, Eleanor Craig
> teaches a tough, straightforward lesson of love
> that touches even her own healthy kids, who
> return home to work as counselors and help
> her run the camp. The real truth that emerges
> from If We Could Hear the Grass Grow is a
> simple one: that patience and caring are two
> of the best medicines in the world.
>
>
>
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