| The Away Place, a novel by Ruth Tiger
John, an institutionalized adult with Down Syndrome, thrived by using his creativity and imagination to escape the bleakness of his cloistered world. When John is suddenly thrust into a community group home he faces the greatest challenges of his life. Sarah is a doctoral student whose crusade to rescue disabled adults from the monolithic asylum is motivated by her mother's startling deathbed confession. Starting the group home with John and four others, Sarah is confronted by the extreme demands of 24-hour care for five severely disabled men. Together she and John weather the deepest struggles and greatest joys of life in what John calls the world outside, “The Away Place.”
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