Review: Child of dawn
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2013
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I wanted to love this book.  As a mother of a special needs child, I admire the courage of other mothers who share their stories publicly.  But I didn't find this book particularly appealing.The author is not an native English speaker and that was evident in her writing.  Having someone who is a native English speaker edit her book would serve her well and probably make her story more accessible to English speaking populations.The entire first chapter, while apparently cathartic for the author, did not encourage me to engage in the story.  I almost put the book down at that point.The tour through the difficulties in receiving appropriate help is heartbreaking and all too common.  I felt the author's pain in these parts of the book.I would have liked to come away with more of a sense of who her son is as a person.  Instead he feels rather flat to me.Her ending letter to her son, in which she briefly notes her journey from wanting to "fix" her son to realizing he needs no fixing, is the crux of her journey.  I just wish she elaborated more on this message society so much needs to hear.