num_pages: 146
description: A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature presents an intimate portrait of his son, born with a brain deformity, and reflects on the challenges and pleasures of raising a handicapped person and the healing power of the family.
language: English
title: A Healing Family
titlecomplete: A Healing Family
genres: Biography, Japan, Nonfiction, Memoir, Japanese Literature, Asian Literature, Autobiography
ratings_count: 167
publisher: Kodansha USA Inc