Feeling blue about Craig's book

[Guest guest]

Hey All,

The other day I was walking out of and Noble feeling utterly

discouraged about Craig's book. For those of you who are new to this group,

my son, Craig, wrote a book of poetry about his experience growing up with

autism. It was published several years ago by a London publisher and is

entitled, " Embracing the Sky " by Craig Romkema. (The book is on amazon.com,

barnesandnoble.com, and even walmart.com.)

Because it was published in London, the book did not receive a lot of

publicity here, or a lot of financial push to do so. We've been swamped

with college and chelating, so we haven't had the time to do much in that

direction.

Also, it's pretty difficult for us to set up book signings, etc. or

readings, since social situations are exactly what he has difficulty with!

That's why the book is such an amazing thing, since he found a way OUT of

his silence.

Thus, the book has sold under 1,000 copies, which seriously depresses me,

not because of the money (which is not much, believe me!) but because he

spent a YEAR writing this, hoping to reach the thousands of families with

newly-diagnosed children, and those of us who have lived with this difficult

situation for awhile.

Unless someone like Oprah picks this up (which she won't, since she isn't

talking about autism these days) the book will fall away. Those of you who

have read it, know that Craig's words are a significant addition to the

autism literature.

If everyone on this list bought one copy, 3,000 families could be reached.

If y'all told your parents and families about it, even more could be

comforted and encouraged by his words. If you told your autism groups, even

more people would know. If you told your non-autism friends, more people

would understand the world we live in.

and Noble only stocks books that are selling fairly good numbers

regularly. They will order the book in for anyone that asks, but we need the

books out on the shelves. So, the Catch-22 situation keeps going . . .

By the way, there's a rather direct poem in there about mercury poisoning!

Forgive me, but I knew you would understand . . .

Barb

[Guest guest]

If everyone on this list bought one copy, 3,000 families could be reached.

If money's not the reason for the book why not put the book on-line and people

all over the world can be reached.

[Guest guest]

Because we wanted it published in book form, not online.

Barb

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[Guest guest]

Barb-

If you give me permission, I will post your letter on other boards

and on my local support group newsletter.

Tami

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[Guest guest]

Permission granted.

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