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NEXT STOP
A memoir of Family
glen FinlanD
Next Stop is the universal story of
how children grow up and parents learn
to let go—no matter how diffi cult it may be
for both of them.
Praise for NEXT STOP
“This is not a romance, or even just a heart-warmer.
It’s a real love story, frank and particular. If you don’t
like it, you don’t like love.” —Roy Blount, Jr.
“It is a manual on what makes us human . . .
Illuminating, inspiring, and at times heartbreaking.
Brilliant.” —Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award–
winning author of Firebird
the summer David Finland was twenty-one, he and his
mother rode the Washington, D.C., metro trains. Every
day. The goal was that if David could learn the train
lines, maybe David could get a job. And then maybe he could
move out on his own. And then maybe his parents’ marriage
could get the jump-start it craved. Maybe.
Next Stop is a candid portrait of a differently-abled young
man poised at the entry to adulthood. It recounts the complex
relationship between a child with autism and his family, as he
steps out into the real world alone for the fi rst time, and how
his autism affects everyone who loves him.
GleN fINlaND
lives in the Washington, D.C., area
with her husband, Bruce, and the
youngest of their three adult sons,
David. A former reporter and a freelance
writer, she received her MFA from
American University, where she has
taught writing.