Growth: A Mother, Her Son, and the Brain Tumor They Survived -- Karen Debonis, Paperback Sphere renowned anthropologist

renowned anthropologist

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Locus Award Finalist

But the story of this century is less well known than it should be

Growth: A Mother, Her Son, and the Brain Tumor They Survived -- Karen Debonis, Paperback Sphere renowned anthropologistCan a woman who never learned to stand up for herself find the courage to speak up for her son? Karen is a happily married, slightly frazzled mother of two when her eight year old son, Matthew, develops a strange eye rolling tic. Matthew's tics quickly multiply. He becomes clumsy and lethargic, a gifted program dropout. Karen tries to get her husband and their pediatrician to acknowledge what's happening, but they dismiss her concerns. As a people