A Flower Between the Cracks: A Memoir of Love, Hope and Disability
Affirm Press, $29.95 pb, 302 pp, 9780987377395
Helen Sage: a flower between the cracks
A Flower Between the Cracks, South Australian writer Helen Sage’s first book, chronicles her experience of caring for a disabled child over a period of several years. Sage’s busy but comfortable life was changed irrevocably when her daughter, Jayne, was involved in a horrific car accident. Prior to this, Jayne had been a psychology honours student who loved ‘rock, blues, playing the piano’ and was ‘a real nature buff’. Jayne survived her accident, but emerged with an acquired brain injury.
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