January 22nd, 2009
That Went Well
That Went Well: Adventures in Caring for My Sister
by Terrell Harris Dougan
I think what I most hoped to get from this book is, what is it like to grow up with a sibling with a mental disability. I have a teenage daughter who is growing up with a younger, disabled sibling, and I thought this book might help me to understand what that experience is like. How do friends react and how does their reaction effect you? Does a disabled sibling make you angry? Upset? Disappointed? Do you look to friends to replace the sibling that you may have hoped for? Do you hide your sibling or are you proud of her accomplishments?
Unfortunately, that wasn’t in the book very much. The book is really about the author and her experiences and Irene is mostly pushed to the back of the story. Even when the author is working to create a world for Irene, Irene isn’t in it very much. We read about the author’s hard work to create services for the mentally disabled but little about what effect any of this had with the relationship between her and her sister. But most of the book is about the author’s college days, or her working on a film festival, or meeting some famous person. I could easily have lived without knowing any of these things and instead learned more about her relationship with her sister.
Anyway, the book isn’t bad and it is fast reading but it doesn’t come close to “Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey” as a book about siblings.
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