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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures

A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures

Bradlee, Quinn
Himmelman, Jeff

Paperback

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ISBN10: 1586488074
ISBN13: 9781586488079
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: Mar 2 2010
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.16
Language: English

Ten percent of the population is affected by a learning disability, but few of us understand what being learning disabled (LD) is really like. When he was fourteen, Bradlee was diagnosed with Velo-Cardio-Facial-Syndrome (VCFS), a wide-spread, little-understood disorder that is expressed through a wide range of physical ailments and learning disabilities. In this funny, moving, and often irreverent book, Bradlee tells his own inspirational story of growing up as an LD kid--and 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 a different life 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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