Comments on: BOTNS Books Podcast #46: Books About Extraordinary Parents

By: Deb Baker

Deb Baker — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:41:41 +0000

I recommend “Making Toast” by Roger Rosenblatt, published this spring. Should you think parenting ends at age 18 or when children are launched with good jobs, guess again. Parenting never stops, not even when the child dies.

Rosenblatt evokes great compassion in his memoir. His beloved daughter, a physician, wife, and mom, died unexpectedly and new family was created. Three generations share the loss and a new family is created.

I love this book. While Rosenblatt may have intended his memoir as therapy to cope with his loss, he also instructs us on living well.

By: Deb Baker

Deb Baker — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:41:00 +0000

I love this book. While Rosenblatt may have intended his memoir as therapy to cope with his loss, he also instructs us on living well.

By: Laura (Bookworm)

Laura (Bookworm) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:12:49 +0000

I would be remiss not to recommend Schuyler’s Monster: A Father’s Journey with His Wordless Daughter by Robert Rummel-Hudson. It’s really, really good. Rob has written online for many years, but this book is, by far, the best thing he’s ever written. Even knowing the basic outline of the story, I still had tears in my eyes reading certain portions of the book.

He’s appearing at the Texas Book Festival with Michael Greenberg and Rupert Isaacson on 10/31/09: http://www.schuylersmonsterblog.com/2009/09/texas-book-festival-schedule-announced.html

By: Laura (Bookworm)

Laura (Bookworm) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:12:00 +0000

He’s appearing at the Texas Book Festival with Michael Greenberg and Rupert Isaacson on 10/31/09: http://www.schuylersmonsterblog.com/2009/09/texas-book-festival-schedule-announced.html

By: Heather J.

Heather J. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:48:00 +0000

Another extraordinary parent book is The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson. Definitely look into that one!

Great podcast as always.

By: Heather J.

Heather J. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:48:00 +0000

Another extraordinary parent book is The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson. Definitely look into that one!

Great podcast as always.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:37:37 +0000

One book I read recently that has really stuck with me is ‘Live Through This: A Mother’s Memoir of Runaway Daughters’ by Debra Gwartney. Two of her four daughters get involved with what they (still) refer to as the ‘travelers’ and go missing for several months to years. Gwartney comes across as so very human. I could relate to her confusion, frustration, and fear. I have a preteen daughter so, of course, I kept thinking about how I would have dealt with this or that situation. I still can’t get this story out of my mind.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:37:00 +0000

By: Chad Sayban

Chad Sayban — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:54:50 +0000

Thank you for another great podcast! I appreciate the review of The Children’s Book – I’m going to have to go out and pick it up.

By: Chad Sayban

Chad Sayban — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:54:00 +0000

Thank you for another great podcast! I appreciate the review of The Children’s Book – I’m going to have to go out and pick it up.