Letter to the Editor: The Worry Knot by Mary Evanson Bleckwehl

To the Editor:

In the January 26 edition of the newspaper you had an item about the book, The Worry Knot, by Mary Evanson Bleckwehl. I read that book and I was so engrossed that I feel like everyone in middle school needs to read it. It is an exceptionally well  written book about kids with differences. We had a special needs child and put a lot of responsibility on our other children also. Sometimes I wonder if all we did was enough but then in the end it all has turned out the way it should. Our daughter lives independently in her own apartment. We had to rely on several agencies to help us and as the book indicates there are many differences in all of us.

Thank you for a book about special needs kids and how their family must adapt to all of the changes that take place. We are so grateful people like Mary Evanson Bleckwehl write about such tender issues dealing with autism. This is a book everyone should read but I would recommend that all middle schools promote it.

We in Waukon need to be proud of the people from Allamakee county that have made a name for themselves and we need to support them.

Janet K. May
Lansing