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"Harmony" The powerful story of one family’s struggle to save an autistic child – Disability Rights Montana

In the opening pages of Carolyn Parkhurst’s fourth novel, "Harmony," https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399562605?ie=UTF8&tag=thewaspos09-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=0399562605 there’s a line so jarring, so utterly discomfiting that in the hands of another writer it might feel gratuitous. But in Parkhurst’s deft treatment, "Harmony" becomes a story of our time, a compassionate treatise on how society judges parents, how parents judge themselves and how desperation sometimes causes otherwise rational people to choose irrational lives.

By Amy MacKinnon

Full Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-powerful-story-of-one-familys-struggle-to-save-an-autistic-child/2016/07/26/d3cb4bda-4e86-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-arts%3Ahomepage%2Fcard

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