{"product_id":"what-makes-him-tic-by-michele-turk-9781954907928","title":"What Makes Him Tic?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Michele Turk's 11-year-old son Michael was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, she made it her mission to show him, and later others, that he was so much more than the boy who shouted obscenities hundreds of times a day. \u003ci\u003eWhat Makes Him Tic? A Memoir of Parenting a Child with Tourette Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e describes Michele's leave-no-stone-unturned strategy to figure out what Michael needed to succeed academically, socially, and emotionally in a world where Tourette is the punchline of jokes on late-night TV and sitcoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe memoir also provides ample reporting on Tourette, often referred to as \"the most misunderstood well-known condition,\" and is meant to be a roadmap and inspiration for parents, caregivers, and educators of children with Tourette and other special needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than a medical story, \u003ci\u003eWhat Makes Him Tic?\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving portrait of a family, a marriage, and a mother coping with day-to-day life amidst the stresses of caring for a boy with a stigmatizing condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is also a surprising testament to the healing power of music: the memoir takes readers to Carnegie Hall, where Turk was certain she was the only parent ever to sit in the audience and wonder whether her child would curse while singing with a youth chorus onstage. It also takes readers inside bars and music venues where Michael sang, played drums and guitar, and ultimately found himself as part of the School of Rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, it takes readers inside a relationship in turmoil, as the author honestly explores the toll Michael's struggle took on her marriage to a doctor who didn't make time to help his son, leaving her, a woman who had doubted her abilities as a mother, to find reserves of strength she didn't know she had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46847120277740,"sku":"9781954907928","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/963d6ed1febfa2cf29e3a9b4b85bc07f.jpg?v=1759187781","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/what-makes-him-tic-by-michele-turk-9781954907928","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}