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    Mother-Daughter Memoir Of Autism Exemplifies The Power Of Language

    by Jason Heller Apr 13, 2021 3 minutes
    <em>I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism</em> and Hope, by Valerie Gilpeer and Emily Grodin.

    "How can Emily be benefitting if she's screaming all the time?"

    It's a question that hounds Emily Grodin's mother, Valerie Gilpeer, throughout the gripping memoir they've co-authored, I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust. Emily was born with autism, and Valerie — along with her husband Tom — have spent the 25 years of Emily's life bringing her to various therapists, praying for a breakthrough.

    Emily's symptoms are typical of the

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