A Miracle of the Heart - Paperback Edition

Thirty years ago, Jacob was diagnosed at a child development center with pervasive developmental disorder and his parents were told that "he would have to be institutionalized." Twenty years later, when he was a junior in college, majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in Philosophy, his father asked how his class in Dante was going. He replied, "Well Dad, we're making our way through purgatory."

A Miracle of the Heart is our memoir of shared discovery. Told in essays written over a thirty-year period, the book offers a written time capsule of Jacob's growth and one family's experience. In transcribed father-son conversations the true triumph of Jacob’s story unfolds.

While the topic of A Miracle of the Heart is autism, its core theme is the majesty of shared journeys — even the most difficult ones. Its messages of hope and redemption will speak to individuals and families of all faith traditions who seek meaning and transformation in their own lives.