I read for my pleasure (in English) and making a catalogue of what I've read seems a lot like hard work. I read lots of differnet kinds of fiction, David Baldacci, Mary Higgins Clark, Anne Bennett but one book which has made a very big impression on me in the last year was A Friend like Henry by Nuala Gardner, it is about an autistic child and how having a dog brought him out of his isolation. I even read the book in Dutch, (couldn't wait till I could get a copy in English)and I laughed and cried as I read it (got some funny looks on the train). My son is autistic and I went through a lot of same things as Nuala and Dale, they live in the same area I come from in Scotland and on a visit home last year we met up, our sons even had a day out together
(Dale and Nuala Gardner)
I'd recommend this book to everyone and especially if you have a handicapped child. Dale is now a qualified nursery nurse(kleuter begeleider)and prefers to work with handicapped children.
