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Rex

January 15, 2009
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Rex

Rex by Catherine Lewis Rating:   Rex is an honest portrayal of a mother’s journey to accept, love and enjoy her son’s diagnosis of blindness and autism.  Catherine Lewis, author and mother, draws in the reader as she describes her life living with Rex, her son who is blind, autistic and yet a musical savant.             Rex was born blind to a surprised mom and dad.  As he developed, doctor’s found a cyst on his brain that led to further complications.  Rex was also found to have autism.  Catherine graciously and humbly recounts these first years as she longs...

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