The Shape of Normal

<p><strong>Brave and heartbreaking... will resonate with all parents.</strong> Jen Pastiloff author of <em>On Being Human</em></p><p>As a young suburban mother in the early 1980s Cathy had a loving husband a sweet toddler and a vision of life laid out before her. Pregnant for the second time with twins she imagined creating the warm affectionate home she'd craved as a child. Her family would flourish and she would be the calm unflappable mother at its center.</p><p>But the universe had other plans.</p><p><em>The Shape of Normal </em>explores Cathy's intense denial and devotion as she struggles to face the challenges of raising a girl with cognitive disabilities. Convinced her diagnosis can be undone with just the right amount of single-mindedness she turns it into a dark prophecy. But she'll have to overcome adversity and learn the lesson of acceptance before realizing her daughter was never broken.</p><p>Cathy was never on a hero's journey to save her child. She needed to save herself. </p>