Welcome Home, Jellybean
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Welcome Home, Jellybean is a 1978 novel written by Marlene Fanta Shyer. It is about a family who bring their mentally challenged
daughter home from an institution, and have to adjust to life with her around. In 1984, it was made into a CBS Schoolbreak Special
. It starred Christopher Collet
as Neil Oxley. ISBN 978-0003300185.
In the book, Neil has to transfer from private high school to public school when his mother brings his mentally challenged sister Geraldine home from the institution where she's been living. Neil finds it difficult to cope with Geraldine's disability; their father finds it impossible, and leaves the family when Geraldine causes him to forget an important music composition.
Neil misses his dad, but sticks with his mom and sister...until, being Geraldine, she ruins his big piano recital at school.
To avoid a confrontation with his mother, Neil decides to sneak out in the middle of the night. Yet he trips over Geraldine - who calls him "Neil" for the first time. Neil realizes that he can't leave Geraldine, and tells his father same. Neil's dad understands, and says that one day he might come back too...if not in the near future.
Mental retardation
Mental retardation is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors...
daughter home from an institution, and have to adjust to life with her around. In 1984, it was made into a CBS Schoolbreak Special
CBS Schoolbreak Special
CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series originally premiered under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was later changed during the 1984 - 85 season...
. It starred Christopher Collet
Christopher Collet
Christopher Collet is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Jake Livingston in the 1984 movie Firstborn, and for his lead role in the 1986 film The Manhattan Project....
as Neil Oxley. ISBN 978-0003300185.
In the book, Neil has to transfer from private high school to public school when his mother brings his mentally challenged sister Geraldine home from the institution where she's been living. Neil finds it difficult to cope with Geraldine's disability; their father finds it impossible, and leaves the family when Geraldine causes him to forget an important music composition.
Neil misses his dad, but sticks with his mom and sister...until, being Geraldine, she ruins his big piano recital at school.
To avoid a confrontation with his mother, Neil decides to sneak out in the middle of the night. Yet he trips over Geraldine - who calls him "Neil" for the first time. Neil realizes that he can't leave Geraldine, and tells his father same. Neil's dad understands, and says that one day he might come back too...if not in the near future.