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Title: a different direction
Review: After reading "Waiting", Deborah Ginsburg's memoir of her life as a waitress I expected "Raising Blaze" to be a light hearted, funny little book. It's not. Blaze is the author's son, he's the sweet baby she had at the end of "Waiting". Blaze is different and his teachers and school psychologists have called him everything from retarded to autistic to having attention deficit disorder. This book is about Ginsburg's fight to save her son from being labeled and stuck away in special ed classes. The book is about love, Ginsburg's family is still in her corner and it's about hope, there is still no telling what Blaze will be like when he grows up. The book is emotional, it's upsetting and several points I wanted to yell at the teachers and at Ginsburg herself. I wish Ms. Ginsburg and her special son the best and I look forward to her next book.
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