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Writing with the raw humor and honesty that has made her so popular with women across the country, McCarthy shares her son's symptoms and her attempts to sort through the maze of conflicting medical theories. With Louder Than Words, McCarthy sheds much needed light on autism through her own heartbreak, struggle, and ultimately hopeful example of how a parent can shape her child's life and happiness.
Praise for Life Laughs and Baby Laughs
"Divorce, single parenting, and post-baby stretch marks may not sound like funny subjects but Jenny McCarthy manages to put a hilarious spin on these topics inLife Laughs."—In Touch
"In Life Laughs, after you guiltily giggle through it, you'll feel like you've…shared heart-wrenching confidences with a very dear friend."—Vegas magazine
"Wickedly funny…It's a kick."—Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A no-holds-barred look at the joys, challenges, and humiliations of the first year of motherhood."—Time Out New York
"[McCarthy's] honesty is disarming, funny and so boundless that you'll feel as if you're at her side every step of the way."—The Arizona Republic
Jenny McCarthy is the New York Times bestselling author of Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth; Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood; and Life Laughs: The Naked Truth About Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On.
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Posted April 18, 2010
This book was very easy to read. You do not have to have a child with Autism to truly enjoy and appriciate this book. It was like sitting and listening to your best friend tell you a story, hard to say good bye and hard to put down. My heart ached along with hers and jumped for joy when a breakthrough was made. I do not know anyone close that has an autistic child but I have friends of friends.
This book is a touching, funny, and smart. It made me want to research why Autism is such an epidemic and how fragile the human body really can be. Any parent can relate to this book and that unconditional love you feel for your child.
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Posted November 21, 2009
I found this book to be informative although it spoke about many controversial treatment options for young children on the autism spectrum. Told from Jenny's perspective it seemed honest and inventive and serves to show others how far a parent of a child with a disability may go to try and have the best possible outcome for their child.
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Posted November 11, 2009
it was very moving.
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Overview
Known for her extreme honesty about the everyday trials of pregnancy, motherhood, marriage, and divorce, Jenny McCarthy has developed a national fan base that has taken her to the New York Times bestseller list for a total of twenty-three weeks. USA Today ranked McCarthy's first two books as the fourth and fifth bestselling baby books in 2005. But few have known that her son, Evan, has autism. In Louder Than Words, she takes this revelation to parents across the country, starting a dialogue on this complex condition, much as Brooke Shields did for postpartum depression in Down Came the Rain.Writing with the raw humor and honesty that has made her so popular with women across the country,...