A life-long teacher of English and writing, Benjamin Ludwig lives in New Hampshire with his family. Shortly after he and his wife married they became foster parents and adopted a teenager with autism. Ginny Moon is his first novel, which was inspired in part by his conversations with other parents at Special Olympics basketball practices.
Genres: Mystery
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"Essential and beautiful. June in the Garden is a primer in empathy and compassion. We all live, perhaps unconsciously, by our own rules. June's rules aren't all that different; they're just clearly stated and at the very forefront of her thinking. Over time they've been her anchor and her scaffold; how she learned to climb through the world. But when life presents her with a new and different kind of landscape, we learn that those around her bear more than just a little responsibility for helping her find the next foothold. June's literal thinking leads us to the heart of all the questions we hope we'll never have to answer: Where will I go? What will I do? Who will love me? There's a little bit of June in each of us, waiting anxiously for the rest of the garden to bloom."

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