An Uncomplicated Life: A Father's Memoir of His Exceptional Daughter

✍ Scribed by Daugherty, Paul

• Book ID: 108081415
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 830 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780062359940

✦ Synopsis

A father's exhilarating and inspiring love letter to his daughter with Down syndrome, whose vibrant and infectious approach can teach us all how to live a little better

"Jillian was born October 17, 1989. It was the last bad day."

Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day her parents, Paul and Kerry, brought her home from the hospital, they were flooded with worry and uncertainty, but also with overwhelming love, which they channeled to "the job of building the better Jillian." They knew their daughter had special needs, but they refused to have her grow up needy. They were resolved that Jillian's potential would not be limited by preconceptions of who she was or what she could be.

In this charming and often heart-stirring book, Paul tells stories about Jillian making her way through the world of her backyard and neighborhood, going to school in a "normal" classroom, learning to play soccer and ride a bike. As she grows older, he traces her...