Hold Fast: Motherhood, My Autistic Daughter & Me by Catherine Simpson

By Emma Fitzgerald -
Thank you @CatherineSimpsonWriter, @SarabandBooks, and @LoveBooksTours #Ad #LBTCrew #Bookstagram #FreeBookReview for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Hold Fast is a nonfiction biography. I read the blurb of this book and was instantly drawn to it because of my family journey. I find Hold Fast an interesting and knowledgeable read. There were a few things that I was reading that Catherine Simpson was saying about her daughter struggling with school, her diagnosis, and the melatonin to do with her daughter not sleeping at night. I could totally relate to her. I like how honest Catherine was about her and her daughter's journey with autism. The Hold Fast is an engaging read from the start, and I did read this book in a day because of the topic and the journey Cathrine and Nina go through. There were some things in the book I was not aware of in the 1940s about mothers being blamed for creating autistic children. This shocked me and upset me, and I'm glad society has changed. The biography is very well written and is gripping from start to finish. 5 stars. Blurb It was obvious to Catherine Simpson from the beginning that there was something different about her first child, Nina. Motherhood had always felt like Catherine's destiny, and she'd grown up nurturing joyful visions of the family she'd create. But her dreams crashed headfirst into the reality of parenthood. It seemed that the world was not Nina-shaped, and no matter how hard they both tried, they had to fight almost everything – especially once Nina started school. Aged ten, Nina's autism was diagnosed and a door opened. It became clear why she didn't think or behave the way other children did, but faced with school bullies, dismissive doctors and insensitive peers, her difficulties were far from over. She and Catherine still felt as though it was them against a world that demanded Nina change as a child and Catherine as a mother. While Nina remained resolutely herself, Catherine adapted. Mothering an autistic child lit a fierce determination within her and underlined the power of her unconditional love. This is an unforgettable story that shows what a gift it is to see someone not as the world tells them they should be, but as they are.

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