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A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures
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Item Description...
Overview
Describes growing up as a learning-disabled child of famous parents, discussing how he dealt with health problems, frustrations in school, and his attempts to become an independent, contributing member of society.
Publishers Description
Ten percent of the population is affected by a learning disability, but few of us understand what being learning disabled (LD) is really like. When he was fourteen, Bradlee was diagnosed with Velo-Cardio-Facial-Syndrome (VCFS), a wide-spread, little-understood disorder that is expressed through a wide range of physical ailments and learning disabilities. In this funny, moving, and often irreverent book, Bradlee tells his own inspirational story of growing up as an LD kid—and of doing so as the child of larger-than-life, formidably accomplished parents: long-time Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee and bestselling author Sally Quinn. From his difficulties reading social cues, to his cringe-worthy loss of sexual innocence, Bradlee describes the challenges and joys of living “a different life” with disarming candor and humor. By the end of A Different Life he will have become, if not your best friend, one of your favorite people. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 256
Binding Softcover
Release Date Mar 2, 2010
ISBN 1586488074
EAN 9781586488079
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 | A Different Life Dec 1, 2009 |
| A different perspective on life when seen through the eyes of someone with learning disabilities. Very good! | | | | Good Read Aug 16, 2009 |
| This was a fascinating book that gave me insight into the thinking process of the learning disabled. | | |  | Candor Jul 9, 2009 |
Memoirs from authors in their twenties attract readers less from the disclosure of wisdom acquired over decades than from telling a story about something extraordinary and worth reading about in a life at its beginning. Quinn Bradlee's memoir, A Different Life, tells the story of the first twenty six or so years of his life. The child of Washington Post luminaries Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn, the extraordinary story he tells here is a sweet tale of being supported by loving parents as he struggled with learning disabilities and medical problems. After years of illnesses, Quinn was diagnosed at age fourteen with something that's estimated to impact one in 2,000 people: Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome. This genetic syndrome is manifested through multiple physical ailments and learning disabilities. Quinn's candor in A Different Life led me to wince at times and laugh at others as he tells his story in his own unique way, and without a trace of embarrassment. Any parent of a child with learning disabilities or physical ailments will resonate with what Quinn describes on many of these pages. Through his parents, Quinn has had doors open to him that would be closed to others, and he has used that advantage well in this case as a chance for a young man with learning disabilities to talk about his life and call attention to genetic syndromes that we might not have heard about before reading this book.
Rating: Three-star (Recommended)
| | | | A life of differences Jul 8, 2009 |
| Quinn Bradlee is the son of former "Washington Post" editor Ben Bradlee and his wife, reporter Sally Quinn. Quinn was born with a heart defect and had a number of health issues throughout his life. When he was 14, he was finally diagnosed with VCFS (velo-cardio-facial syndrome) a genetic abnormality which is the second most often occurring disability (Down's Syndrome is number one.) One consequence of the syndrome is having a learning disability. I read this book since I am married to a man with a severe learning disability (dyslexia), the mother of a son with a mild learning disability (dysgraphia) and taught students with learning disabilities in public schools for a number of years. I wished to compare Quinn's experiences with my observations. Quinn's prose seems brash, yet I know this partially relative to having a learning disability and might partially be due to his recognition of his parents' celebrity. At times I cringed, recognizing "traps" Quinn found himself in during his schooling. Thankfully, Quinn and his parents found a school and teachers who concentrated on Quinn's strengths. If only we could do this for all students - special needs or not. | | |  | Quinn is One Amazing Human Being Jun 28, 2009 |
| [[ASIN:1586481894 A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures] What a truly amazing man Quinn Bradlee is!! His book is written the way he thinks and speaks which, in turn, makes the reader feel what he is feeling. What an inspiration to people with learning disabilities and for their parents and friends also. What he has done and is still doing, with his life is fantastic. This man is learning disabled and yet....he has gone to college; he has written a book (a best seller as far as I'm concerned!!); he's developed a wonderful website [...] and he's made and is still making plans for his furture. "Quinn, I would be honored to shake your hand!! BRAVO to you and your parents and for all you stand tall for!" | | | Write your own review about A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures
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