Lucia (Nittolo) HunterThe author is a first-generation Italian born in America as well as the first in her family to complete college. She grew up with her Down-syndrome brother and Italian-speaking, devoted-but uneducated-parents. She and her brother developed a strong bnd in childhood that remained for a lifetime.Her role as sister changed, and she became her brother's advocate and later, as the years went by, a caregiver. Together with her mom and friends, she provided her brother with a full life in spite of his mental and physical limitations. She writes this book from personal experience. Read More Read Less