Riding the Bus with My Sister
A True Life Journey
By Rachel Simon
(Plume, Paperback, 9780452284555, 304pp.)
Publication Date: August 26, 2003
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Paperback, Compact Disc
Categories: Personal Memoirs, Specific Groups - Special Needs
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Beth is a spirited woman with mental retardation, who spends nearly every day riding the buses in Philadelphia. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers are her community. When Beth asks her sister Rachel to accompany her on the buses for one year, they take a transcendent journey together that changes Rachel's life in incredible ways and leads her to accept her sister at long last—teaching her to slow down and enjoy the ride.
Full of life lessons from which any reader will profit, Riding the Bus with My Sister is "a heartwarming, life-affirming journey through both the present and the past...[that] might just change your life" (Boston Herald)
Rachel Simon is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Riding the Bus with My Sister. Her other books include the novel The Magic Touch and a collection of short stories, Little Nightmares, Little Dreams. In addition to writing, she is a frequently sought-after speaker on disability issues and the steps people can take to improve their lives. She lives in Delaware, with her husband, Hal, on a street informally known as Teacher’s Lane.
"Clever and unsentimental" —The Philadelphia Inquirer
"An amazing book...a beautiful story of the ties that bind...It touched my soul." —Rosie O''Donnell
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