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Belongs ToDublin
Barcode31952002409857
TitleBrother Do You love Me
AuthorCoe, Manni
Call NoBIO COE
CollectionAdult Biography
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International Standard Book Number 27.99
International Standard Book Number 9781778401442
Personal Name Coe, Manni
Title Statement Brother Do You love Me
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London Greystone Books 2024
Summary, Etc. This story of two brothers, one with Down syndrome, and their extraordinary journey of resilience and repair is "profoundly moving and hugely uplifting."--Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Reuben, aged 38, was living in a home for adults with learning disabilities. He hadn't established an independent life in the care system and was still struggling to accept that he had Down syndrome. Depressed and in a fog of antidepressants, he hadn't spoken for over a year. The only way he expressed himself was by writing poems or drawing felt-tip scenes from his favorite musicals and films. Increasingly isolated, cut off from everyone and everything he loved, Reuben sent a text brother. do. you. love. me. When Manni received this desperate message from his youngest brother, he knew everything had to change. He immediately left his life in Spain and returned to England, moving Reuben out of the care home and into an old farm cottage in the countryside. In the stillness of winter, they began an extraordinary journey of repair, rediscovering the depths of their brotherhood, one gradual step at a time. Combining Manni's tender words with Reuben's powerful illustrations, their story of hope and resilience questions how we care for those we love, and demands that, through troubled times, we learn how to take better care of each other.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Caregivers
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Brothers, Great Britain Biography
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Down Syndrome, Patients, Family Relationships
Index Term-Genre/Form Biography