Reviews for Tilt

The average rating for Tilt based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-16 00:00:00 David Halbauer What a beautiful devastating book. I think I first heard about this book in another book called far from the tree by Andrew Solomon which is one of my favourite 6 star books. A 700 ish page study of children born with various of abnormalities. He references a scene from this book where the mother is dealing with an autistic child who has poohed herself in the bathroom and is basically playing around with lots of faeces in the water and how she had to deal with her. She wasn't a baby but around 8/9 I think at that time the little girl had that episode. He mother who the story pivots around has a younger child of around 2 and a very talented sculptor husband who is internationally renowned but unfortunately he also has a catastrophic breakdown due to some kind of psychosis and is rendered invalid. So the mum is dealing with a suicidal / very ill husband, an autistic child and a 2 year old kid. This book moved me and brought me onto the verge of tears in so many occasions. If you think your life is tough you should read this book and it will give you some succour. The strength of the mother is incredible and quite literally awe-inspiring. The way the mother comes to slowly realise that her child is not normal and her slow descent into the chthonic depths of a hell that only the parents of autistics or severely disabled children could possibly understand is bone chilling in places. Hugely recommended. Here were a few of my best bits: • "She had a lot of morphine at the end. She was much like a baby, going back to heaven she was diapered and small and hairless. It was so easy to hold her." • "How dare they all remain the same when the world had tilted and we were all in danger of sliding off?" • "Take for example the art of the Japanese woodwork maker. Do you think that Hisroshi Yoshida was aware of the time passing when he crouched above his block of wood in his tiny studio? He was not spending time, he was honouring the time allotted to him in the day by producing his art."

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-15 00:00:00 Paolo Montalto If you've ever wondered about that Mom or Dad standing in line at the grocery store with you, the ones with the kiddos in a full meltdown, read this story. Take a trip inside a typical day, week, month, year, LIFE of a family in which only one parent is capable of holding everyone together, and her descent into mental illness and all that came after. Honestly, I have to tell you that this book is so worth reading. It is a relatively short story but so incredibly real and true to life that it was difficult to just 'sit and read.' I had to put it down and walk away several times just because the emotion and intensity of the things taking place were overwhelming. How lucky I am that this is 'just a book' and I can walk away...so many are living this life and walking away, is not an option.