Road Map to Holland is my book.
I began writing it when the twins, Avery and Bennett, were about 2. It felt as if I’d come through something, then, an experience that certainly wasn’t what I’d expected. I wanted to remember it, just as it felt at the time: and I wanted to cut a path through the woods. Leave a little trail of breadcrumbs behind me, for anyone else who found themselves a bit lost, too.
(Here’s a story about the cover. Here’s a video. Here’s the website.)
When Road Map to Holland came out, a remarkable thing happened. People began reading it! I know, I probably should have anticipated this fact of publication. But for so long the story had been in my heart, then in my head, then words on a computer screen…I think I almost forgot where it all was going.
And this is what readers are saying:
Down Syndrome New Mama
Road Map to Holland–Barbara Curtis’s Review
Mosaic Moments
Prince Vince Meets the World
Literary Mama
mamazine
ParentDish
The Daily Bitch
Big Blueberry Eyes
The Practical Vampire Slayer
Life As Lou
Actual Unretouched Photo
Pocket Lint
I Won’t Fear Love
Barriers, Bridges and Books
What Was I Reviewing?
Archie’s Room
Blessed Chaos
Gaijin Mama
Dream Big
3-Ring Circus
Making Things Up
Ella Grace with the Pretty Face
This Mom
Eclectic Recovery
Raising Joey
From here to there and back
Stone Soup
Gift of Green
Clueless in Carolina
DownBlogger
Compost Happens
Apostrophe Suz
Banana Migraine
Adventures in Down Syndrome
Ethan and Lauren
Mothering by the Seat of My Pants
So a Blonde Walks Into a Review
Loving Sophia
and some other stuff
The Wonder Wheel
The Zoromski Chronicles
2 Pirates and a Princess
Megan’s Got 47
The Flege Farm
Kwisteena’s Kwaziness
Chanelle and Tristan
Maternal Instincts…Flying By the Seat of My Pants
Slurping Life
Trisomymommy
A is for Aiden
Not That You Asked
4everMom
Mother Words: Mothers Who Write
Following Elias
Downsyn.com book of the month
Rhett’s Journey
The New Atlantis
ReJenerationS
MeAnderings
Emma Sage
My Party of 6
Our Crazy Life
BEYOND Understanding
Root & Sprout
Everything Happens for a Reason
Sonya S. Feher
Tommy Update
Mom-Blog
Mom Talk Radio
Camp Homeschool
Charlie’s World
Snapshot
5 Minutes for Mom
Dr. Brenda MD Medblog
Wintertree Design Blog
The adventures of leelo and his potty-mouthed mama
Ever forward, Maya
Wonderkorner
Catholic Media Review
Cause of our Joy
Lovely and Amazing
Connie Wenk News Blog
Finnian’s Journey
Lola’s Verrückte Welt
Remains of the Day
Catholic Online
Benbo
Sarah London
Sunflower Stories
BookPikks
The Mom Crowd
Keeping Up with Down Syndrome NSW
Nathan, Our gift from God
Blessings and Glory
The More the Murrayer
About.com: Special Needs Children
The Amicks
Mosaic Moments
Lively Times
Spilling Crumbs
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Jennifer,
I so love your work and you have been a blessing to myself and so many others without knowledge of this. I too am a parent of a 6 year old little girl with down syndrome…my precious Gracie. I am in the process of writing a book on my experiences and my own trip to Holland. I would love to get some insight into this process of publishing if possible. My email is lrh51499@charter.net. Thank you for any assistance you may give.
Lisa Bentley
Oh, Lisa. I will write you directly. Thank you for this email, and for your courage in sharing your story. I wish you all the best.
Jennifer
Hi Jennifer,
I, too, am in the process of writing a book about my experience with my son with DS. Like Lisa, I’d like some information, possibly some advice on how to approach this. For six months, I’ve held in a lot of emotion, and I feel as though it needs to be released now, and shared. I’d prefer not to make my email public, but if you can’t see my email from the details to leave this comment, please let me know. Thanks.