Precious Cargo: My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077
Craig Davidson
Feb 2018 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by John Cleland
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For readers of Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree and Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon, here is a heartfelt, funny and surprising memoir about one year spent driving a bus full of children with special needs.
One morning in 2008, desperate, broke and living alone while trying unsuccessfully to write, Craig Davidson plucked a flyer out of his mailbox that read “Bus Drivers Wanted.” And so began his new career: driving a school bus for kids with special needs.
Fortified with a sense of humour similar to that of his charges, a creative approach to the challenge of driving an awkward vehicle while corralling a rowdy gang of schoolchildren, and unexpected reserves of empathy, Davidson takes us along for the ride. He shows us his evolving relationship with each of the kids on that bus as they struggle physically, emotionally and socially, and he gradually reveals the much bigger world he imagines might exist outside the bus—a world with potential for both himself and his charges.
Precious Cargo is a moving and universal story about how we see and treat people with special needs in our society.
For readers of Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree and Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon, here is a heartfelt, funny and surprising memoir about one year spent driving a bus full of children with special needs.
One morning in 2008, desperate, broke and living alone while trying unsuccessfully to write, Craig Davidson plucked a flyer out of his mailbox that read “Bus Drivers Wanted.” And so began his new career: driving a school bus for kids with special needs.
Fortified with a sense of humour similar to that of his charges, a creative approach to the challenge of driving an awkward vehicle while corralling a rowdy gang of schoolchildren, and unexpected reserves of empathy, Davidson takes us along for the ride. He shows us his evolving relationship with each of the kids on that bus as they struggle physically, emotionally and socially, and he gradually reveals the much bigger world he imagines might exist outside the bus—a world with potential for both himself and his charges.
Precious Cargo is a moving and universal story about how we see and treat people with special needs in our society.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For readers of Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree and Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon, here is a heartfelt, funny and surprising memoir about one year spent driving a bus full of children with special needs.
One morning in 2008, desperate, broke and living alone while trying...
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CRAIG DAVIDSON was born and grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario, near Niagara Falls. He has published four books of literary fiction, including Rust and Bone, which was made into a Golden Globe-nominated film of the same name, and Cataract City, which was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Trillium Book Prize, was a national bestseller, and has been optioned for film. Davidson is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and his articles have been widely published across North America. He has also published a number of thrillers and horror novels under the pseudonym Nick Cutter. He lives in Toronto, Canada, with his partner and child. The author lives in Toronto, ON.
John Cleland is a dora-award winning Canadian actor. He has appeared on stages across Canada cutting his teeth at the Shaw Festival 20 years ago. His voice career has included being the voice of Ford Canada for 10 years among many other commercial campaigns. He was fortunate to be featured in numerous radio dramas through the CBC, 6 seasons on Afghanada being among his favourite. Giving voice to books has been a passion and John is excited to play a small part in bringing these words to life.
John Cleland is a dora-award winning Canadian actor. He has appeared on stages across Canada cutting his teeth at the Shaw Festival 20 years ago. His voice career has included being the voice of Ford Canada for 10 years among many other commercial campaigns. He was fortunate to be featured in numerous radio dramas through the CBC, 6 seasons on Afghanada being among his favourite. Giving voice to books has been a passion and John is excited to play a small part in bringing these words to life.
CRAIG DAVIDSON was born and grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario, near Niagara Falls. He has published four books of literary fiction, including Rust and Bone, which was made into a Golden Globe-nominated film of the same name, and Cataract City, which was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the T...
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