Half My Sky

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Five kids. Autism. Marriage.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Building a family is messy business.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In her most revealing memoir yet Carrie is candid about the challenges of marriage motherhood and keeping one's identity in the midst of raising a family. She gives the reader a glimpse into life with a diagnosed child. She shares their experience with puberty social media high school and steps toward independent living.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Composed as a series of powerful letters her writing is gritty yet tender. In prose that is nearly poetic Carrie makes you feel as though you are old friends sitting down for a cup of coffee and a heartfelt conversation.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She chronicles the journey to find a post-high school opportunity for her son Jack and gives an honest account about the conflict when it comes to letting him go.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She explains how in this autism life there is no manual. There are no instructions for how to untether yourself from a tender child who needed you for so long you forgot what life was like before he disrupted your world in an exquisitely magical way.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Her story will resonate with anyone preparing to transition a child after high school and beyond.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Again and again Carrie reminds us of a single truth. We are not alone.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You are not alone.</span></p>