The boy who went away /

Gottlieb, Eli, 1956-

The boy who went away / [electronic resource] by Eli Gottlieb. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997. - 208 p. ; 19 cm.

In 1960s New Jersey, a family battles to prevent the state from taking away their retarded son. The story is told through the eyes of Denny, the retarded boy's brother. He describes how the father retreats into alcoholism and the mother into an affair.

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Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Autistic children--Fiction.


Bildungsromans.

PS3557.O8313 / B68 1997

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