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The Perfect Son

Barbara Claypole White

From a distance, Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father. But, obsessed with order and routine, he's a prisoner to perfection. Disengaged from the emotional life of his North Carolina family, Felix has let his wife, Ella, deal with their special-needs son by herself.

A talented jewelry designer turned full-time mother, Ella is the family rock...until her heart attack shatters their carefully structured existence. Now Harry, a gifted teen grappling with the chaos of Tourette's syndrome, confronts a world outside his parents' control, one that tests his desire for independence.

As Harry searches for his future, and Ella adapts to the limits of her failing health, Felix struggles with his past and present roles. To prevent the family from being ripped apart, they must each bend with the inevitability of change and reinforce the ties that bind.

GenresFamiljerTourettes syndromBegåvade barnFöräldrarRomaner

386 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 2015 by Lake Union Publishing · ISBN 9781477830048

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3 editions

English

  • The Perfect Son · Lake Union Publishing · 2015 · ISBN 9781477830048 This page
  • The Perfect Son · Lake Union Publishing · 2015 · ISBN 9781477880043
  • The Perfect Son · Brilliance Audio · 2015 · ISBN 9781501252044

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