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Next Stop is the universal story of how children grow up and parents learn to let go—no matter how difficult it may be for both of them. The summer David Finland was twenty-one, he and his mother rode the Washington, D.C., metro trains. Every day. The goal was that if David could learn the train lines, maybe David could get a job. And then maybe he could move out on his own. And then maybe his parents’ marriage could get the jump-start it craved. Maybe. Next Stop is a candid portrait of a differently-abled young man poised at the entry to adulthood. It recounts the complex relationship between a child with autism and his family, as he steps out into the real world alone for the first time, and how his autism affects everyone who loves him.
About the Author
Glen is the author of Next Stop, a memoir based on her May 2009 Washington Post Magazine feature story about parenting an autistic child to adulthood and then learning to let go, from AmyEinhornBooks/Putnam. Next Stop is a Summer 2012 Barnes&Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick.A former TV news reporter, Glen's freelance work has appeared in the Washington Post, Family Circle, Autism Speaks, Babble, American Magazine, Revolution, A Cup of Comfort, Special Needs Magazine,and the East Coast Women's Anthology. A featured autism advocate on NPR and CNN, she is also the author of The Inside of an Egg and co-author of Changing Places: A Kid's View of Shelter Living. She is the recipient of the Southeastern Writers Association Best Fiction award and a Noted Writer from the 2005 and 2006 Boston Fiction Festivals. She received her MFA from American University in Washington, DC, where she has taught writing. Glen is a Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Casa Libre in Tucson.
