LDS Books: Keeping Keller by Tracy Winegar

Keller is a force to be reckoned with!

The year is 1955, and few people understand or tolerate mental handicaps. For Beverly and Warren Vance, the daily struggle to live with their handicapped son, Keller, is taking its toll. Keller is large for his age and often aggressive, prone to throwing tantrums and breaking everything in sight. Beverly and Warren have been encouraged to institutionalize him, or at least keep him out of public view. But they decided long ago that trying to teach and raise him was a better option - at least until now. When a shocking development and a disastrous incident complicate their decision, the lines between right and wrong become increasingly blurred. Yet in the end, through their own choices they come to understand that the most important thing in life is family.

Reviews-

Keeping Keller is one of those magically written books that you won't be able to put down! Find a comfortable chair and a Kleenex or two because you are in for a story that will make you laugh, cry and cheer! This book was written by an author who truly understands the real life lived by a family with a special needs child. This was the 1st book by the very talented Tracy Winegar that I have read but it certainly will not be the last! I recommend that every parent with a special needs child put Keeping Keller by Tracy Winegar on your MUST READ list today!

-Rhonda Spellman, CIPA Membership Chair, EVVY Award Winning Author, Mother on a Mission