All I Can Handle: I'm No Mother Teresa: A Life Raising Three Daughters with Autism
Dr. Spock? Check. Penelope Ann Leach (Remember her?) Check. What to Expect When You’re Expecting? Check. I had a seven hundred dollar Bellini crib for God’s sake!\ Everything was perfect…”\ ...and so begins Kim Stagliano’s electrifying and hilarious memoir of her family’s journey raising three daughters with autism. Always outspoken, often touching, and sometimes heartbreaking, Kim Stagliano is a powerful new voice in comedic writing—her “Kimoir” (as she calls it) is the next must-read within...
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How one woman raises three daughters with autism, loses one at Disney World, stays married, has sex, bakes gluten-free, goes broke, and keeps her sense of humor.
Acknowledgments v\ Foreword vii\ Introduction 1\ Well, How Did I Get Here? 12\ Chinese Food Always Leaves Me Hungry 22\ When Did You First Know? 27\ Sex Time! 40\ Howard Stem Every Day 42\ Always on Our Toes 48\ Bella's Birthday Blues 51\ What Does Autism Look Like? 56\ A Career Takes Root 66\ It's a Small World. But a Big Hotel 71\ Now Entering the Age of Autism 80\ The Autism Marriage: Soul Mates or Cell Mates? 90\ A Paper Mitten on the Giving Tree 96\ New Word; The Stagtastrophe 100\ The Things We Do for Love 107\ The Little Green House 115\ The Middle Child 125\ Up, Up, and Away 133\ Don't Ask. Don't Tell 139\ Another Night in the Holiday Inn Express 147\ Does Heroin Feel This Good? 154\ Dr. Wakefield and the Anti-Vaxxers 159\ Mother Superior 114\ Beef: It's What's for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner 181\ You've Got to Fertilize the Roses 186\ My Turn 191\ Author's Note 203\ Encore 206\ Kim's Gluten-Free Family Recipes 211\ References 211\ Glossary of Terms 218\ Book Club or Classroom Questions 220
