Kelli asked Cynthia Swanson:

Dear Cynthia, I and my siblings were all born in the 50's and we lived in Denver and the suburbs from 1955 till FOREVER. My mother was an unsung Hero of her day when she was the first Headstart Teacher in the mid 60's. She had an autistic child in her class and with my mother's amazing and innate gift with children, that little girl was the first autistic child to go to public kindergarten. More to come?

Cynthia Swanson This is lovely, Kelli -- thank you for sharing. Kudos to your wonderful mother. I wish my fictional Michael would have had a teacher like her -- maybe in later years, right? There is not a sequel to The Bookseller, but please do check out my second novel, The Glass Forest. It's also set in the early 1960s, but features very different characters and locales. Enjoy, and thanks for posting!

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