{"product_id":"a-friend-like-henry-9780340934029","title":"A Friend Like Henry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the inspiring account of a family''s struggle to break into their son''s autistic world - and how a beautiful retreiver dog made the real difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDale was still a baby when his parents realised that something wasn''t right. Worried, his mother Nuala took him to see several doctors, before finally hearing the word ''autism'' for the first time. Scared but determined that Dale should live a fulfilling life, Nuala describes her despair at her son''s condition, her struggle to prevent Dale being excluded from a ''normal'' education and her sense of hopeless isolation. Dale''s autism was severe and violent and family life was a daily battleground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the Gardner''s lives were transformed when they welcomed a gorgeous Golden Retriever into the family. The special bond between Dale and his dog Henry helped them to produce the breakthrough in Dale they had long sought.  From taking a bath to saying ''I love you'', Henry helped introduce Dale to all the normal acti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I sat down for a few minutes to skim through A Friend Like Henry...Hours later, I was still there, with tears running down my cheeks - for the appalling difficulties faced in dealing with the condition and with officialdom, but most of all for the extraordinary devotion and empathy between the boy and his dog. Just buy it, please.' * Sarah Stacey, Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e'Truly affecting ... terribly touching' * David Sexton, Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e'More than just a heartwarming tale about a healing relationship between boy and dog. It is also a mother's painful search for love from a child' * Herald *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733621911895,"sku":"9780340934029","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780340934029.jpg?v=1720000886","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-friend-like-henry-9780340934029","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}