Author: Kenzaburo Oe
Translated by: Stephen Snyder
Publisher:
Kodansha
International. Tokyo. Japan 2001
ISBN: 4-7700-2733-8
Pages:
146
Personal life experiences & important
lessons
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A
Healing Family shares the difficulties and joys of bringing up a disabled son
in Japan. Kenzaburo Oe draws on his personal experiences which included the
importance of linking with likeminded people. The routines of doctors’ visits and medicine
pick-ups, sharing and learning with other families, learning about oneself,
being more patient, dealing with critics, discovering the warmth of strangers
and the daily activities one must learn.
He
explains how his son Hikari has bonded the family together and what seemed at
first a difficulty has become an advantage. The book is in plain talk, honest,
frank and inspiring.
Hopefully
the book will help to open people’s
minds to the difficulties faced. He believes that disabled people should not be
isolated but integrated and involved, listened to and learned from particularly
how they get through tough days and situations without the skills we have but
don’t fully use.
A
book that shares life experiences and important issues.
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