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Title: Immersed

Subtitle: Our Experience with Autism

Author: Valerie Hall, Bruce Hall

Narrator: Valerie Hall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-16

Publisher: Visual Summit Media and Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Through a candid narrative, parents describe the surreal experience of having twin sons with severe autism. Valerie Hall's episodic text chronicles Jack's and James' condition as it transforms family life and poses ominous implications for the future. Her reactions to her own life in a world where autism makes the rules are candid and unfiltered. She rejects the tropes of most autism literature, spurning both memoir and how-to prescriptions. Instead she invites you to encounter Jack and James as she does, as boys who are both beautiful and broken. The day-to-dayness of her account has the disturbing effect of allowing the listener to step into a world where expectations are upended and encounters take on an aura of the surreal. The audiobook includes the narrative of the book; photographs (by Bruce Hall) are available to view on the Visual Summit website.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Excellent writing and pictures. Well done on both levels. Highly recommend!

Take a breath....

Despite my aversion to books, movies and articles about autism and developmental disabilities I could not resist "Immersed". First it was the photographs, stunning; taken by the father who is a legally blind photographer. Then I began reading the equally compelling journey of a family of four including James and Jack, twins with profound autism.

Though sensitive and amazingly insightful, it is brutally honest. It's not a book that you can't put down. It's a book that you MUST put down from time to time to take a breath in order to absorb the lives of the Hall family.

This is a must read for parents who live in the isolated fear for the future of their adult child with significant developmental disabilities should the parents not outlive their loved one. This is a must read for everyone who claims to care about those whose lives they feel guilty about turning away from. A must read for ignorant public policy makers and self appointed gurus who view themselves as generous for having secured resources and support for a population of people who cannot speak for themselves and represent those most vulnerable among us.

Both the writing and the photography in this book are exquisite. The story is honest, emotional, and inspiring.

This is a book, first and foremost, about a family: husband and wife,Valerie and Bruce Hall, young teen age daughter, Christina, and twin boys, Jack and James, two years younger than Christina. Like all families they have ups and downs, good days and bad, successes (large and small) and problems (also large and small). This book shares these experiences with their readers.; Valerie through her beautifully written text and Bruce through his stunning photographs. There is just one thing different about this family from so many others: their twin boys, Jack and James, are severely autistic.

Through a series of essays, Valerie describes various stages the family goes through. First of all, of course, the

recognition and acceptance of autismâ.and the realization that her life and Bruceâs will be forever impacted by this discovery. The remaining essays are Valerieâs reflections or reactions to certain aspects of living with autism. Her writings are reflective and personal, but filled with wisdom to be taken away by the reader.