A review on Half A Brain: Confessions of a Special Needs Mom

Abstract

Jenni Basch’s Half A Brain: Confessions of a Special Needs Mom is an inspiring experiential sharing of a mother who took challenges in her life to give birth to a special need child. This book narrates the heroism of the author Jenni Basch at different stages of struggles to bring up her special need child called Skye. It contains forty nine chapters in which she unfolds memoir about her struggles to raise Skye who had severe disabilities. Adam, her husband stands with her at every time and in every decision. Both were not interested to have children at their younger age and later Jenni takes initiative to bear children. Rowan was the first child and he became more independent because of his sister Skye’s birth. Parents were devoted their whole time to take care of Skye who had catastrophic brain injury and other severe medical issues like epilepsy and other complications of Cerebral Palsy. The major part of this book deals with mental agony of a mother who had a pre knowledge about what is going to be happen to her special need child at every stage of life from pregnancy to till the age of schooling and above. Jenni Basch shares her experiences primarily as a mother and therapist by profession and special educator with her experiences with her special child.