Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst is a novel about a family with two daughters, one autistic, and a family searching for help understanding how to deal with it. The mother meets an educator who is starting a camp out in the woods in New Hampshire, free of modern technology where families can come with their special needs kids and live in a healthy, technology free, communal way.

There are big red flags and it is clear from the start that something is going to go tragically wrong; I didn’t like the ending of the book. However, Parkhurst writes with such compassion and insight about a family dealing with an autistic child that I couldn’t put it down. A beautifully written, brilliant novel.