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Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures
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April 2009
On Sale: March 30, 2009
240 pages
ISBN: 1586481894
EAN: 9781586481896
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Born with a hole in his heart that required invasive surgery when he was only three months old, Quinn Bradlee suffered from a battery of illnessesβseizures, migraines, feversβfrom an early age. But it wasnβt until he was fourteen that Bradlee was correctly diagnosed with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS), a widespread, little-understood disorder that is expressed through a wide range of physical ailments and learning disabilities. Ten percent of the population is affected by a learning disability, but few of us understand what being learning disabled (LD) is really like. In this funny, moving, and often irreverent book, Bradlee tells his own inspirational story of growing up as an LD kidβand of doing so as the child of larger-than-life, formidably accomplished parents: long-time Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee and bestselling author Sally Quinn. From his difficulties reading social cues, to his cringe-worthy loss of sexual innocence, Bradlee describes the challenges and joys of living βa different lifeβ with disarming candor and humor. By the end of A Different Life he will have become, if not your best friend, one of your favorite people.
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