Waiting for No One

By Beverley Brenna

Taylor Jane Simon is an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome who has a refreshingly different view of the people she encounters and the life she wants to have. Young adult readers will identify with Taylor's struggle for independence and self-control, and empathize as she outlines the ways-both positive and negative-- that her Asperger's Syndrome affects her daily life. Connecting with a play by Samuel Beckett, Taylor explores a fear of solitary existence while reaching out to a world at times perplexing. Most important, Taylor wants to be seen as an individual, not as a stereotypical "person with special needs, " or a rare wild flower-images that haunt her from the past. A cameo performance by Taylor's new gerbil -- Harold Pinter-- adds further emphasis to themes of existentialism and humour.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889954372
• ISBN13: 9780889954373
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Red Deer Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary