Language Arts by Stephanie Kallos is a novel about an English teacher, who teaches his students Language Arts, while he himself has a grown autistic son who is completely non-verbal. It is a sad, beautiful and compelling story.
Kallos is a masterful storyteller and throughout the novel, she weaves in stories of the father's early handwriting education by his formidable fourth grade teacher, his letters to his grown daughter, and stories of his early marriage to his wife, from whom he is now separated.
I had to go back several times to see what I had missed. Well written, thought provoking and full of compassion. A recommended read.
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