Monthly Archives: January 2012

George Estreich will be reading and leading a discussion of his book, The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit, (Southern Methodist University Press, 2011).

Where: UW Health Sciences Library, Lower Level Rare Book Room

When: Thursday Feb 2, 2012 4:30-5:30pm

Free and open to all UW facutly, staff. students–also open to the public

The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit, by George Estreich (Southern Methodist University Press, 2011) is a memoir of one father’s struggle to care for, understand, and love his daughter Laura who is born with Down Syndrome. But it is so much more than that. Abraham Verghese states that Estreich’s book “…will become a part of the canon of narratives that are studied and taught in medical humanities courses.”

Video of the reading [QuickTime, 55 min]

For anyone in/near the Seattle area next month, Seattle University is hosting “The Search for Meaning: Pacific NW Spirituality Book Festival” Saturday Feb 4th 9-5pm. Featured speakers include the poet Mary Oliver and James Martin, SJ, NYT author and official chaplain for the Colbert Report. There will also be many other authors there, including George Estreich, author of The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit (SMU Press, 2011) This event is free but you need to RSVP and get tickets for some of the events–follow the link above and hope to see you there.