Spelling love with an X
a mother, a son, and the gene that binds them
Dunsford, Clare
creator
text
Boston, MA
Beacon Press
2007
monographic
xi, 203 p. ; 21 cm.
"Uses poetry and candor to document a condition the world knows little about by inviting the reader into snapshots of the disability that has been woven throughout the fabric of her life - from coming to terms with her role as the carrier to the poetic retelling of the roller coaster that is life with her son." - BOOK JACKET
Pt. 1. The fragile site
Anticipation: Once upon a time
Hairpin turns: doctors and divorce
Linkage: family ties
Pt. 2. Hotspots
Replication fork: motherhood
Base pairs: like mother, like son
Transcription and translation: speaking of love
Repeats: obsessions
Saltation: coming up for air
Mutants and wild types: you and me against the world
Vectors: what lies ahead.
FRAGILE X SYNDROME
FAMILY INTERACTION
FAMILY EXPERIENCES
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