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    Totally Normal: Survivors Guide to Cleft Lip & Palate
    Totally Normal: Survivors Guide to Cleft Lip & Palate
    Totally Normal: Survivors Guide to Cleft Lip & Palate
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    Totally Normal: Survivors Guide to Cleft Lip & Palate

    By Paul Little

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    This is the message in a bottle that I would have liked to have received when I was growing up. At least, that is the intention. The younger me might not have seen the point. This is my attempt at empathizing with the kids of today growing up have been born with cleft lip and palate, as I was, into a ultra high paced world that is not always charitable to less than perfect confidence.
    This book is for you who were born with cleft lip and palate. I was born with a cleft lip and a cleft palate. This is not something that I talk about very often at all. It struck me that when I looked around for books on this subject I could not find anything that discussed what this meant in a useful way. Sure, there are lots of scientific books and very graphical images of the physical issue. There are a few books talking to the parents about how to raise the child but nothing spoke realistically about what it was like to be the child and to grow up feeling different. So in response this short Ebook of about 7000 words written for people who have been born with a cleft lip and or palate. It tells the story of my experience of growing up having been born with a cleft lip and palate. It does contain a 10 step survival guide. The conclusion is stated in the title: you are totally normal, just not necessarily average.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Little
    Release dateJan 3, 2014
    ISBN9781492306368
    Totally Normal: Survivors Guide to Cleft Lip & Palate

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      Totally Normal - Paul Little

      Totally Normal: Survivors Guide to Cleft Lip & Palate!

      By

      Paul Little

      Copyright 2013 by Paul Little

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN-13: 978-1492306368

      ISBN-10: 1492306363

      For other work by Paul Little or to find out how to make contact please visit www.littleebookreviews.com

      I have tried to recreate events, locales and conversations from my memories of them. In order to maintain their anonymity in some instances I have changed the names of individuals and places, I may have changed some identifying characteristics and details such as physical properties, occupations and places of residence.

      This book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.

      Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time, the author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.

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      I was born with a cleft lip and a cleft palate. This is not something that I talk about very often at all. It struck me that when I looked around for books on this subject I could not find anything that discussed what this meant in a useful way.

      Sure, there are lots of scientific books and very graphical images of the physical issue. There are a few books talking to the parents about how to raise the child but nothing spoke realistically about what it was like to be the child and to grow up feeling different.

      So in response this short book of about 7000 words written for people who have been born with a cleft lip and or palate. It tells the story of my experience of growing up having been born with a cleft lip and palate. It does contain a 10 step survival guide.

      It is meant for and written for the owner of the cleft lip and palate. Perhaps these words contain useful insight for parents, loved ones and others, but the target audience is you with the clefts. This is not intended to be written in an

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