‘Alicia May’ taps complex emotions between siblings
April 20th, 2009
Writing in the Boston Globe, Beverly Beckham offers high praise for a new children’s book that explores the relationship between two sisters, one with Down syndrome. An excerpt:
My granddaughter Lucy has Down syndrome. I have spent the last five years in search of a book like this. Until “My Sister, Alicia May” I found nothing.
… “My Sister, Alicia May” which will be released May 1, is the story not just of two real girls, Alicia May and her sister Rachel, but of every child who has a sister or a brother or a friend. It is the story of what it’s like to love someone. Sometimes the people you love irritate you the most. Sometimes you want to pretend you don’t know them. Sometimes you don’t want them tagging along. Sometimes you’re so proud of them you want to tell the world.
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