Mary Calhoun Brown
Award-winning Author and Speaker
Praise and Blog

 


Please visit my blog at http://blog.marycalhounbrown.com

 

Praise for There Are No Words:


" I am so impressed with your  attention to detail and beautiful descriptions, not to mention your  stick-to-it-iveness in getting it published.  I'm taking a lesson!  It  is one thing to have empathy and another to be able to put across on  paper the super-sensitivity to sound and touch. Wow.  Your love of the  characters shines through and the use of photos is brilliant.  Boy, I  could sure smell those roses and the leaves on the forest path.  Great 
job!"


Sara Hunter,
Sara Hunter Productions
Award-Winning Author of "The Unbreakable Code"
and Winner of the Smithsonian Notable Children's Book of the Year


“Mary brings her characters to life with an infinite attention to detail and infuses them with depth, humor and selflessness. ‘There Are No Words’ propelled me into a time and place in which even children were faced with the realities of racism and war.”


Mike Grady,
CEO,

Autism Services Center

 

“Mary Calhoun Brown has given us an unusual path in getting to the story of autism. Young teenagers, their teachers and parents will be happy to have this one in their library.”

Dr. Ruth C. Sullivan,
former President
Autism Society of America



"There Are No Words by Mary Calhoun Brown, is a heartwarming tale of trials and triumph, judgment and acceptance; one that challenged my beliefs and brightened my day. It's short, it's sweet, and it's worth far more recognition that it will probably get."
 
"Jaxon's world is engaging from page one, the author's simple quiet style lending itself well to such a gentle, thoughtful read."
 
"...Lines feel like an interpretation of love my a misunderstood twelve-year-old, and a frankly more honest one that you can find in most fiction."
 
"...Love and tolerance are certainly abundant, but unlike most teen books in this niche, it is balanced with sorrow, anger and prejudice in real-life doses, which rescues it from sentimentality and gives it a whole new dimension of excellence."

Reader Views

"Your book is amazing- your discriptions are unbelievable! What a talent! Your book is a gift to the world!"

Betts Carpenter-Reed, MD, PhD
Medical Director
LabCorp Charleston Cytology Laboratory


 "Just finished the first chapter.... I am LOVING your book! I love the figurative language.... you are a Reading Teacher's dream come true!"

 Melanie Alley, M.A.
Fifth Grade Teacher
Columbus City Schools
Columbus, OH


"I enjoyed reading your book. I loved how you described the forsythia bush. I will never look at a forsythia bush again without thinking about your fabulous description."
 
Christina Foy Ellis
Elementary Special Education Teacher
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