Mystery
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When Bill Mackay, a 33 year old autistic man, is brought from the institution in Calgary in which he has resided for many years to a new institution in Edmonton, Canada, his guardian and aunt, 75-year-old Marion Mackay is fearful for his ability to adjust. However, due to Marion's own declining health, she believes she must move closer to her daughter in Edmonton. Bill is particularly loathe to leave Mavis Elves, a wheelchair-bound woman he considers a special friend. No sooner is Bill moved into his new residence––the Clive Center––in Edmonton, than he is involved in an altercation with a nurse. When the nurse is found murdered the next morning and Bill is found asleep in his bed, clutching a knife which turns out to be the murder weapon, Marion is overwhelmed. She calls Claire Burke, a friend in Edmonton, who she knows has a special needs daughter and who also knows Bill and Mavis. Claire wastes no time stepping in and stepping up when the local police seem ready to railroad Bill for the murder without searching for any other potential suspects. Claire is a go-getter and, along with her pal Tia, not only works to clear Bill of the murder rap, but also begins a major campaign to bring Mavis to Edmonton permanently and to ensconce the two friends along with another in their own home. Along the way, Claire’s and Tia's efforts involve a side trip to Barbados as well as some unexpected run-ins with the real killer.
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Author Biography
Emma spent her pre-teen years on a farm and in the near-by town of Elk Point in North Eastern Alberta, before moving to Calgary. Throughout her adult life she has lived in Edmonton where she earned a BA in Philosophy and Psychology, an MA in Philosophy and a Ph. D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Alberta. Her doctoral dissertation was on creativity theory, and was followed by post-doctoral work in Neuropsychology and Pharmacology. Most of her career has been spent in clinical practice in psychology in school, hospital and community settings. Her professional interests have been rather radically split between her assessment work in developmental neuropsychology and her counseling work, focused largely on individuals diagnosed with personality disorders. Since 1981 she has been engaged as an instructor and course developer in a graduate program in interdisciplinary studies at Athabasca University, a distance learning institute, which has allowed her to work primarily out of her home office and to make use of her disparate skills and experience. Her academic website is http://mais.athabascau.ca/faculty/epivato/.
In her private life, Emma and her husband, Joe Pivato, have raised three children, the youngest, Alexis, having multiple challenges. Their efforts to organize the best possible life for her have provided some of the background context for this book. The society they formed to support Alexis in her adult years is described at http://www.homewithinahome.com/Main.html. Early on in this adventure, Emma published her first book, Different Hopes, Different Dreams, (1990, 2nd edition), a collection of Alberta stories about the impact on the family of raising a child with developmental challenges. Her theme in this and in other personal life writings and professional articles she has published through the years has been consistent, simple and straightforward.
How can you provide as full and happy a life as possible for children facing such challenges without destroying your own life in the process?
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Cozy Cat Press
- Publication Date 2014
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781939816351
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 14.95 USD
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Page size6 x 9
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