A Question of David: A Disabled Mother's Journey Through Adoption, Family and Life [Paperback]

Denise Sherer Jacobson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1998

A touching, unique and beautiful account of a couple, both with cerebral palsy, who adopt a baby boy and raise him on their own.

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About the Author

Denise Sherer Jacobson’s goal as a writer is to weave her uncommon experience with common ones, inviting readers to share and celebrate the parts of themselves that are like her, and to respect, understand, and honor the parts of her that are different. Whether she writes of growing up in the 50s and 60s, of Judaism, of having cerebral palsy, or of motherhood, Sherer Jacobson helps people to shed their prejudices and create a clear, easy path towards insight, compassion, and community. Ms. Sherer Jacobson’s work has appeared in the anthologies Prejudice: Stories About Hate, Ignorance, Revelation, and Transformation and The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adoptive Daughters Tell Their Stories, as well as in numerous newspapers and literary magazines. She was born and raised in the Bronx and makes her home in the San Francisco Bay Area. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Creative Arts Book Company (October 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887392016
• ISBN-13: 978-0887392016
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,651,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for all new mothers, April 26, 1999

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This review is from: A Question of David: A Disabled Mother's Journey Through Adoption, Family and Life (Paperback)

This book is a touching look at motherhood and all of its challenges. As a first time mother, I related to the same feelings of inadequacy, doubt, hope and elation that Denise so poignantly describes. My hat goes off to the Jacobsons who share their aspirations and who serve as an inspiration for all parents and parents to be whether they are disabled or not.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading for families of children with disabilities, May 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Question of David: A Disabled Mother's Journey Through Adoption, Family and Life (Paperback)

Denise made me both laugh and cry - somethimes at the same time. This is a WONDERFUL book about determination, ingenuity and grit all combined with a non-stop sense of humor. Denise shows us how it is possible for people with severe disabilities to thrive dispite society's limiting attitudes. I loved the book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for all adoptive parents., April 20, 1999

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This review is from: The Question of David (Hardcover)

The Question of David should be required reading for all adoptive and prospective adoptive parents. Their disabilities notwithstanding, the Jacobsons took on a huge responsibility with unlimited risk by adopting a child thought to have disabilities of his own. I laughed and cried and ached all through the story. As an adoptive parent of a child with ADHD, I found Denise's struggle with day-to-day issues an inspiration. How does she do it? Cheers to the Jacobson's and to David!