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Adventures In The Mainstream: Coming Of Age With Down Syndrome
by Greg Palmer

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Author: Greg Palmer
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-30
ISBN: 1890627305
Number of pages: 315
Publisher: Woodbine House
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Book Review: Son Goes Mainstream, Father Goes Fringe
Summary: 1 Stars

This book should really have been split into two different works. The first book would have been about raising a son (Ned Palmer) with Down syndrome as he transitioned into manhood. The second book would have been made up of the vocation and philosophical leanings of both author and father, Greg Palmer.

The parts of the book that deal with the author's son are honest and well written. I too have a son with Down syndrome who is younger than Ned. Thus, I wanted to learn what might be coming for us in the next several years. Ned's coming-of-age story was one that seemed honest and hopeful. There can be no doubt that Greg Palmer loves his son, and has gone to great lengths to provide for him and his future. The sections about this were helpful.

The unexpected parts of the book were the constant injections it received with Palmer's feelings about politics, religion, art, etc. While the author did have to reveal some of his personal story to tell his son's; it seemed that the main emphasis of the book was nearly hijacked by Palmer wanting to get in as many jabs as he could against any and everything with which he doesn't agree. By doing so, the book became polarizing.

Palmer seems to pull to the left about as far as I do to the right. So, if readers consider themselves liberal to moderate they will most likely enjoy the book all the while nodding in agreement with the author's personal views. However, if readers are moderate to conservative (like myself), they may wonder why a book about Down syndrome is throwing darts at many other areas of life. Palmer proceeds to give liberal views on the following subjects and more: religion, separation of church and state, art, socialized medicine, evolution, stem cell research, the war in Iraq, etc. He goes on to associate membership in the Bill O'Reilly Fan Club or the NRA as akin to being in the Klan or the American Nazi Party. The author also seems to have hostility towards any organized religion that requires more than a sideline faith with buffet-style theology. As a Christian, I found it particularly odd when Palmer basically conveys that he wouldn't mind his son becoming a devout Christian as long as he wasn't too devout. Also, for those who care, the book has its share of profanity to include taking God's name in vain on numerous occasions. Again, for some readers these points will carry no weight, but to others they should serve as fair warning.

Finally, Palmer dives far too deeply into discussing his own work in both the theater and at PBS. This was painful reading to be sure, and it was made all the more painful because so little of it really needed to be said to share the story of his son.

If the book had stuck to the main subject, I could have recommended it. As it is however, I must advise readers to find one of the many other well-written books about parenting a child with Down syndrome.
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