Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, A Son, and the Gene that Binds Them by Dunsford, Clare

Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, A Son, and the Gene that Binds Them (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807072806)

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Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, A Son, and the Gene that Binds Them by Dunsford, Clare

Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, A Son, and the Gene that Binds Them

$18.00
Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, A Son, and the Gene that Binds Them by Dunsford, Clare

Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, A Son, and the Gene that Binds Them

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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When her son, J.P., was first diagnosed with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental retardation, Clare Dunsford discovered that she and three of her four siblings carried the fragile X premutation and had therefore passed on the full mutation to J.P. and several of his cousins. An English professor by training, Dunsford draws on poetry to explore her new identity as a "mutant" and reflect on her life with J.P., a colorful young man with great verbal dexterity and a lovable cheeky streak. Brimming with warmth, Spelling Love with an X shares the disarming insights of a compassionate scholar on motherhood, disability, and genetic inheritance.

Author: Clare Dunsford
ISBN-10: 080707280X
ISBN-13: 9780807072806
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.26h x 6.30w x 0.61d
By Clare Dunsford
By Clare Dunsford
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Clare Dunsford is an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College and has been a contributing writer for Boston College Magazine. She was named a 2008 Genetic Alliance Award Recipient. She was previously an adjunct lecturer in English at Boston College and Harvard University.

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