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When Laura Brodie decides to homeschool her eldest daughter, her
husband isn't the only one to cast her a wary glance. Countless
friends and relatives question Brodie's sanity, but, after years of
watching her eldest daughter struggle in the rigid public school
system, she knows Julia needs a break from the uninspired and
overcrowded routine threatening to drag her into depression. "One
Good Year" is a lyrical memoir that recounts the battles and joys
that emerge between a mother and daughter when they embark upon a
year of homeschooling; steeped in the colors and characters of a
small Virginia town, Laura and Julia's story deals in human foibles
as much as human potential, describing love and anger along with
reading and math. When many think of homeschooling, they envision a
fundamentalist Christian mom sitting at her kitchen table, teaching
creationism alongside algebra, or a family of bohemian unschoolers,
tending a vegetable garden with fertilizer. But today, home
education has taken hold among America's mainstream, with more and
more parents turning to homeschooling as an attractive solution for
short-term educational problems. As homeschooling gains legitimacy,
Brodie offers once-reluctant parents a do-it-yourself solution to
overcrowded public classrooms and expensive private schools. While
most of us consider even one snow day a particular form of parental
hell, Brodie embraced the challenge to do what traditional
education could not: give her daughter a sabbatical to explore,
learn, create, and grow-a year of independent research and writing
to rejuvenate Julia's love of learning. It was anything but easy,
but through the laughter and tears (and, of course, yelling), they
forged an invaluable bond that will undoubtedly last a lifetime.
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