Phyllis D. Grilikhes is publishing her second book, Autism's Stepchild, A Mother's Story. Her first book, a poetic narrative, To Set A Light In Every Tunnel: The Story of a Life was published by Regent Press in 2008. She has recently retired after almost thirty years of teaching and mentoring students at City College of San Francisco. A former dancer, she is at present an author, licensed psychologist, a classical pianist and tapestry maker . . . who believes that we are all more than one thing.
Autism's Stepchild is a wonderfully insightful book about the author's relationship with a young autistic girl and her mother. At a time when we are seeing ever more autism in young children, Grilikhes points to a way of successful therapy in her interaction with both mother and daughter. - Antonia Bercovici. Ph.D.
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