Girls of Tender Age
Book description
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith grew up in New England during the 1950s, the daughter of an extended French-Italian family. Smith's neighbourhood was typical small-town America - everyone's door was left unlocked at night, and the school, church, library, pub and grocery shop were all within walking distance. In many ways, it…
Why read it?
1 author picked Girls of Tender Age as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I could hardly put down this memoir written by the sibling of an autistic boy–set in a time when the term ‘autistic’ did not exist. Mary-Ann Tirone Smith was brought up in New England in the fifties when there was no understanding of autism at all. There was no welfare dept, social services, or health service to turn to for help because no one understood.
Instead, the family ‘absorbs’ Tyler, the autistic brother, and protects and cares for him themselves. Getting this ‘sibling’s view’ is really fascinating. I loved all the quirky characters and the inevitable humor when the outside…
From Catherine's list on books with autistic characters.
Want books like Girls of Tender Age?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Girls of Tender Age.
Share your top 3 reads of 2024!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,546
readers submitted
so far, will you?
