Just before the start of senior year Amy, a non-verbal young woman with cerebral palsy, convinces her mother that instead of adults helping her get from class she should have peers, other seniors, so she can work on the social skills she will need to survive in college. Matthew is one of the peers hired, at Amy's request to him to apply and her mother to hire him.
Over the course of getting to know him Amy catches on to his OCD and tries to help him. What develops is a lesson in friendship for them both. And in love. But like anything worth having it isn't easy and it is messy.
The relationship that develops between Amy and Matthew moved me and I enjoyed the way they grew and matured.
The control Amy's mother Nicole tries to exert over Amy's life comes from a place of love and a desire to protect Amy, but Amy is trying to spread her wings and learn what she can and can't do as her own person and this is not easy for either of them. As a mother I can relate to Nicole's desire, especially since I have 2 kids with special needs. I need to remind myself so often not to step in before they truly need me and let them try and walk on their own in hopes they will learn to fly some day, just not too far away ;) The down side of the control Nicole has always taken is that Amy isn't as prepared as she could be and gets herself into a situation that causes life long consequences. It serves a hard lesson for all of them.
But the lessons learned are good ones, being a misfit doesn't mean you don't fit it, it just means you need to find the tribe of fellow misfits that you fit with.
(Finished January 22, 2017)
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