Review: Heartbreaking Look at Special Needs in the Silo World.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2013
I originally bought this because I support the indie Silo writers. When I read it, I was using tissues, blowing my nose and just absolutely enthralled and saddened. It is, in short, a perfect story.Daniel is, as described, special needs. His mother's profession protects him to a great extent, but that isn't so in the silo world in general. Their stories unfold in a beautifully original way. The ending will leave you with red eyes pretending to be afflicted with allergies.Since I'm also a silo writer, disclaimer done, I've done a lot of thinking about the silo and what goes on in different situations inside them. And I confess that I had wondered what would happen when the inevitable chromosome glitch produced children with special needs. I also confess that I completely shied away from any mention of it and avoided the issue because it was just too grim. Patrice has found a way to address it and make it into a tale worth telling and well worth reading. Good Job!