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Article: The story of Matthew, and of those he touched.(Book review)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2006
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Byline: Allan Lundy
``Matthew: A Memoir" by Anne Crosby; Paul Dry Books ($24.95)
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Born in 1964 with Down syndrome and severe heart defects that gave his skin a bluish color, Matthew Crosby was destined to live only 24 years. "Matthew'' is his story, told nearly two decades after his death by his mother, a London artist. It is a delightful work, a pleasurable and engrossing read that gains its power precisely from its lack of sentimentality.
It is really two stories: of a young man's struggle with a complicated world not designed for people like him, and his mother's account of watching this life unfold in institutions and among ...
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