Next Stop: A Memoir of Family

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The summer David Finland turned 21, he and his mother Glen spent several months navigating the Washington D.C. metro every day. David has autism and the family's hope was that if he could learn the train lines, maybe he would be able to get a job and navigate the adult world on his own. While his parents loved him dearly they were also desperate to give him some kind of a normal life and to give themselves a chance to spend time on their marriage. David's mother Glen recounts the complex relationship between an autistic young man and his family and offers a universal love story.

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This is not a romance, or even just a heart-warmer. Its a real love story, frank and particular. If you dont like it, you dont like love.Roy Blount, Jr.

Manages both to warm your heart and to break it into a million pieces.Claire LaZebnik, author of The Smart One and the Pretty One and coauthor of Overcoming Autism

A story that should be read by ALL parents, both for what it teaches about the limits of love and the power of hopeYou will not soon forget Next Stop. Robert Bausch, author of A Hole in the Earth and The Gypsy Man

A manual on what makes us human. Illuminating, inspiring, and at times heartbreaking. Brilliant.Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award-winning author of Firebird

A remarkable, deeply affecting memoir. David Rowell, author of The Train of Small Mercies

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Glen Finland, aformer reporter, received her MFA from American University, where she has taught writing.