Cheryl Rogers

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...This is one of the books in the further reading section of 'A Career in Speech and Language Therapy' Jannet A Wright and Myra Kersner. I ordered ‘Karina has Down Syndrome’ from Amazon along with a few other books from the further reading section in ‘A Career in SALT’, as I wanted to learn more around the subject of Speech and Language Therapy. ~ The Authors ~ Gun Dolva met Cheryl Rogers while studying Zoology at the University of Western Australia. Gun is Karina’s mother and lives with her family in Australia. ~ The Book ~ This book is a personal account of the day-to-day family life of looking after a child with Down Syndrome. 'We mourn the death of the child we had assumed I had given birth to, yet dearly love the baby we have. We want our child, but don't want her to have Down Syndrome...' This is the opening sentence... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent characterisations, funny moments.
Disadvantages: Weak plot structure.

...In a Columbine-style massacre at her high school, Vancouver teenager Cheryl Anway loses her life. Ten years later, her boyfriend – actually, secret husband – Jason Klaasen still struggles to come to terms with her shooting. Twelve years later, Heather struggles to make sense of her relationship with Jason. And thirteen years later, Reg Klaasen finally speaks of the way his faith has twisted life and the damage he has done, especially to his son. And them's the bare bones of Douglas Coupland's latest novel. Hey Nostramus! is a novel of these four voices in turn. Firstly, we hear from Cheryl, after she has died, in some kind of holding place. Cheryl was a young Christian evangelist and a pretty, unassuming girl, full of adolescent love for her boyfriend Jason, but also for life and the beauty of the world. Her voice is almost Keatsian... Read review

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Advantages: children love them, timeless classics
Disadvantages: none

...Roger Hargreaves has got childrens writing off to a fine art. Short, simple and to the point, children love these books. I can remember reading the Mr. Men books to my younger brother many years ago now I read them to my young daughter. The characters names are easy for young ones to remember as they are easily recognised from their pictures. The words are simple and it is not long before children can pick the story up and read it for themselves. The stories are quite short and well written, most of them seem to have a moral to them so children also learn something. The spin-off TV series and other merchandise that you can buy make the Mr. Men series a winner with children and adults alike, they are timeless classics and no doubt in the future I'll be reading them to my grandchildren.... Read review

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