Flutter on My Cheeks: Mummy, Me and Multiple Sclerosis

by Katherine DeSilva

Overview

Flutter on My Cheeks is a story of a daughter doing her best to understand her mother's chronic illness and the problems that arise when a parent struggles day to day. The book chronicles the ups and downs of MS, the importance of a support system, and how a single mother struggles to do her best.
Join Zetta, her two dogs, two rats, and two fairies as they explain life with Multiple Sclerosis from the point of a child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798986553184
Publisher:	Pumpkin Vines
Publication date:	07/13/2022
Edition description:	Hard Cover 42 Page
Pages:	44
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Katherine, owner of the Wee Fae ‘Ouse is a single mother with Multiple Sclerosis on a mission. Katherine is an author and artist whose stories take place mainly in Essex County, Massachusetts where she lives. From September to June she is a full-time Special Educator teacher for teens with social and emotional disabilities.

Katherine has her Masters of Science in Special Education and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has taught value-based sexual education classes for youth of all ages for the past 10 years. She enjoys promoting open conversations about living sustainably, social-emotional wellness, and sexual well-being.

The Wee Fae ‘Ouse, or the Fairy Cottage, was initially completed in 1871, by Robert Sanderson. Mr. Sanderson was a devout Methodist and shipbuilder. With the help of family, friends, and colleagues from her days in construction full time, Katherine will reinvent the cottage to make a retreat for the body and spirit where she plans to write and create art.