Thicker Than Water:

Essays by Adult Siblings of People with Disabilities

The Sibling Support Project is thrilled to announce that Woodbine House has published our new book!

In this thought-provoking anthology, 39 adult siblings (ages 20 to 70) reflect on how their lives have been indelibly shaped by their relationship with a brother or sister with special needs. Edited by Don Meyer, Thicker than Water reveals both positive and negative aspects of growing up with someone who might have received the lion’s share of his parents’ attention or who now requires extra support as an adult. The contributors range in age from 20 to 70 and have brothers and sisters whose disabilities include Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, seizures, visual impairment, fragile-X syndrome, intellectual disability, or mental illness.

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Here are just two of the five 5-star reviews on Amazon.com:

Thicker Than Water was recommended to me by my daughter. Her brother (my son) has Down's Syndrome and just celebrated his 40th birthday. I believe this book should be read by every family with a member who is disabled and with every care giver and agency providing services. It has heart warming as well as sad stories. The perspective of siblings is one we all should understand and accept. My daughter summed the difference with parents and siblings in 4 words: parents want health and safety issues met first; and siblings strive for independence and self-advocacy for their brothers and sisters. This is a MUST READ. My thanks and gratitude to all the authors and especially to Don Meyer for compiling the stories.
 

If you are a sibling of someone with a disability, this book will spell out words straight from your soul. Here people have written about the most pertinent issues in their sibling-lives, having teased out the questions, offered some tentative answers, but still let their insecurities and their further questions shine through. The authors in this book have written with love and compassion, but also with doubt and fear - and so their words ring true with those who have felt feelings of a similar kind to theirs. As a sibling of someone with a disability myself, I saw notes of myself throughout the essays in this book... every few pages something would ring pertinent and true.

Read this book if you are a sibling, and you will feel recognized and validated. Read this book if you just want to know about siblings of people with disabilities too, because there is so much scope for learning about a multitude of issues within it.

Thicker than Water features essays by the very best sibling authors from the US, Canada, England, Japan, and Australia, including:

• Asked And Answered by Melissa Garrison;
• It All Changes and Stays the Same by Matt Kramer;
• Katie by Matthew Carpenter;
• Driving Forward by Brian Skotko (co-author of Fasten Your Seatbelt);
• I am Not My Brother’s Keeper by John Kramer;
• What Was I Thinking!! by Kay Swanson;
• Happily Ever After? by Emily Marino;
• The Mess We’re In by Tara Kosieniak;
• Don't Apologize for Being a Brother by Zach Rossetti;
• Aunty Danni by Yona Lunsky;
• Breathe In, Relax by Dirk Stanley;
• A Letter to my Brother by Nina C.;
• Why I am an “Uninvolved Sibling” by Anonymous;
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind? by Kathy Coudle King (author of Wannabe);
• The Chasm by Antoinette Errante;
• I’m Still Learning How to Take Care of Myself by Yasuko Arima;
• Walkout by Veronica Chater (author of Waiting for the Apocalypse) ;
• The 39 Steps of Visiting Jon by Jennifer Owensby (director of Teachings of Jon);
• Willingness to Change by Nancy Werlin (Edgar-award author of Are You Alone on Purpose?);
• The Call by Daniel Mont (author of A Different Kind of Boy);
• Happy Ending, Complicated Beginning by Sherry Gray;
• A Break for Freedom by Tarri Lucier;
• Riding To The Fountain With My Sister by Rachel Simon (author of Riding the Bus with My Sister);
• A Mom on Many Levels by Libby Gondry;
• Kep by Kim Keprios;
• Surprises by Nora Fox Handler with Margaret Fox-Hawthorne;
• Sister Struggles by Kate Strohm (author of Being the Other One);
• Who Sings the Shower Song? by Tom Keating ;
• My Sister, My Daughter by Maryjane Westra;
• Getting from Then to Now by Susan Hamovitch (director of Without Apology);
• Finding Molly by Jeff Daly (director of Where’s Molly?);
• A Family Affair by Jeff Moyer (singer-songwriter of We’re People First);
• Life with Jay: An Interrupted Family Journey by Carol Lynstad;
• The Hidden Brother by Allan B. Goldstein;
• Transition by Ann P. Kaiser;
• Growing Up and Growing with Harold by Carolyn Graff;
• Easier? No …The Issues Just Change! by M. Doreen Croser;
• Forty Years Is a Long Time to Wait by Kitty Porterfield;
• Saying Goodbye to Jack by Mary McHugh (author of Special Siblings)

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