A Slant of Sun

Cover art for A Slant of Sun

Beth Kephart

1998

W.W. Norton & Company

"What great heart and bravery in this beautiful book. I loved it."―Anne Lamott

"We may teach our children to read, but they teach us the language of the spirit. In these sterling essays, Beth Kephart listens with her soul. In clear, incandescent prose, she invites us to defy probability along with her, to learn the meaning of faith and the navigation of the everyday, to understand the labels and break through them. A Slant of Sun is a luminous gift in the lives of all who love the ‘special’ child, or any child at all."―Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Shelter

"A triumph of writing and of the human spirit. This moving, suspenseful, brave, and daring book belongs with the classics. To read it is to experience first-hand the redemptive power of love."―Kim Chernin, author of My Life As a Boy