![]() That's right: The same technology that requires you to wear a heavy lead apron at the dentist was once thought of as a cure.īecause Small's dad, like other radiologists of the time, thought X-rays were harmless, painless, invisible wonder treatments, he freely irradiated his son. Growing up in 1950s Detroit, he had severe sinus problems, which his radiologist dad tried to cure with X-rays. Stitches is Small's memoir about growing up in a nightmare and escaping it with, well, slightly less horrible nightmares. And it doesn't get much more traumatic than David Small's childhood. Why's that? While you might think that an author and illustrator who's won the Caldecott Medal, Christopher Medal, Alex Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, been nominated for the National Book Award, and had a #1 New York Times best seller is living a charmed life. Warning: You might need some intensive time with small, fluffy animals after you finish reading Stitches. ![]()
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