Review: Beautiful & Heartfelt
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2013
When "The Child of Dawn" first came to my attention I couldn't help but feel an immediate interest in it as a childhood friend of mine just recently found out her daughter was autistic. It's something that I admit to knowing very little about, so when I got the chance to read it the book ended up being a very compelling, beautiful and heartfelt read that captured my attention from the very beginning. The story of Noah and his family is one that isn't always happy or without it struggles, but it is a story of love, of hope and of the will to keep carrying on when life throws its hardships at you.The book is well-written with a wonderful tone that makes you feel as if you're right there with them as Noah is brought into the world with hopes and dreams, and then having to redefine those expectations into something that is more in line with the reality of having a child with autism. It's an honest and heartfelt look inside the secret struggles, triumphs, tribulations and hope for the future that made me sad, hopeful, happy and tearful in equal turn.At heart this is a story of love and family that really captures the heart in a beautiful way.