Unexpected Life: A Mother And Son's Story Of Love,

An Unexpected Life tells the story of how one mother's perseverance, love, and faith helped her autistic son blossom into an extraordinary artist. After Seth Chwast was diagnosed with autism at a young age, his mother, Debra, initially denied the harsh reality. But even after the truth sank in, she did not give up on her son, always believing - often in the face of expert opinion - that Seth had special gifts as well as special needs. When he turned twenty, an oil-painting class unlocked a talent no one could have suspected: her son, who rarely speaks, and cannot cross the street by himself, was an artistic genius, eager to speak to the world through his joyful paintings and sculptures.