Alfred, Lord Tennyson evokes past and present, seeking to reconcile the Victorian zeal for public progress with private despair. Full of eloquence, epic grandeur, and myth, his haunting, rhapsodic poems still cast their lyrical spell today.
Twelve year old Catherine just wants a normal life, which is nearly impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his diability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from 'no toys in the fish tank' to ' keep your pants on in public' in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort o…