Blue Sky July: A Mother's Journey of Hope and Healing by Nia Wyn PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE THUS: "For Fran, Best wishes Nia"; Seren 2007 1st ed, 174pp., text generally in decent order albeit with slight browning to page edges, very slight staining & bumping to the page extremities at the very top, side & bottom, some edge wear to covers/corners/top & bottom of spine, both covers have a number of scratches & indentations. In this poetic, heartrending memoir, Welsh journalist and first time author Wyn relates seven years of personal struggle and small victories trying to raise and heal a son with severe cerebral palsy. Diagnosed in his first year with the most extreme form of the disability, Joe was born blind, without any hope of ever walking or communicating. Wyn pursues every possible therapy - from faith healers and prayer to physical patterning and swimming - losing both her marriage and career as she falls deeper into Joe's world. Along the way she discovers the fate of other babies with cerebral palsy, given up to foster care or institutionalized as wards of the state by parents unable to cope. This difficult-to-face story is carried along effortlessly by Wyn's elegant, fractured prose and hard-won moments of triumph. Any reader and parent is sure to be enthralled, encouraged, and deeply touched. Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged. (£5.99/awdry)