Alicia Richards loved her daughter from her very first breath. Days later, when tests confirmed what Alicia already knew--that Chloe had Down syndrome--she didn't falter. Her ex-husband wanted a child who would grow to be a scholar. For Alicia, it's enough that Chloe just is.
Now twenty-five, Chloe is sweet, funny, and content. Alicia brings her to adult daycare while she teaches at a local college. One day Chloe arrives home thrumming with excitement, and says the words Alicia never anticipated. She has met someone--a young man named Thomas. Within days, Chloe and Thomas, also mentally challenged, declare themselves in love.
Alicia strives to see past her misgivings to the new possibilities opening up for her daughter. Shouldn't Chloe have the same right to love as anyone else? But there is no way to prepare for the relationship unfolding, or for the moments of heartbreak and joy ahead.
With grace and warmth, Colleen Faulkner tells an unflinching yet heartrending story of mothers and daughters, and of the risks we all take, both in loving and in letting go.
My Review:
4 Stars
A wonderful story about a woman raising her twenty-five year old daughter, who happens to have down syndrome.
Alicia has had to do everything involving Chloe on her own. Shortly after Chloe was born her father left, not being man enough to understand how special Chloe was.
Alicia's love for her daughter jumps off the pages. Sure she has had to make sacrifices because of Chloe's condition, but she wouldn't have it any other way. Chloe is her world.
No matter the direction Chloe's live goes, Alicia is always there for her. This is a truly endearing story of a mother's love for her daughter. And the hope that her daughter is happy in life and even love.
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