Leslie Manning's Reviews > She's the Same

I was blessed to have read this book before it hit the stands. This is the story of a young woman named Kate whose life changes in ways she never could have imagined when she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl with Down syndrome. She leaves her family and her other life behind, believing, at first, that she can manage it all on her own. Soon realizing that this isn't possible, she finds herself surrounded by those who love Kate unconditionally, and take her and her family under their wings. She's the Same offers the reader a chance to see that it really does take a village to raise the best children.

In my own life, having friends with these special children has been a wonderful experience for me, and reading this book is no different. I fell in love with little Bailey, just as everyone in her life does, and enjoyed seeing the world through her eyes, even when things didn't seem fair, or didn't seem manageable.

Kate's story reminds us of the beauty in all things. It reminds us that we are all perfect, no matter how we are put together: Difference, it turns out, is the most beautiful human characteristic of all.