Jabberwocky

DR. STEVEN GARDNER is an internist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. As a member of the MGH Global Disaster Response Team he has served in Haiti and the Philippines with Project Hope. He has been a volunteer physician at the Martha’s Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp (“Camp Jabberwocky”) for 25 years, caring for children and adults with a wide range of challenges. He is a passionate photographer whose images focus on the resilience of people facing adversity and the compassion of the people who assist them. He is a past winner of the Harvard Medical School Humanism in Medicine Award.

"This is an unusually moving and inspirational book, a clear-eyed and loving portrait of a son and his too-short but transcendent life. Graham‘s story is a tribute to the human spirit and the invisible bonds which connect us to each other."— Ken Burns, Documentary Filmmaker“The story of a beautiful boy who showed us a life without limits and embodied the power of love.”—Katie Couric, Journalist”To what lengths would the loving parents of a severely disabled child go to enrich his life? And in return, what profound lessons would that child teach all who nurtured him? Readers of Jabberwocky will be pondering those questions long after they finish this remarkable story.”— Joseph P. Kahn, columnist, Boston Globe"How lucky we are that Steven and Cynthia were chosen to receive the gift of Graham and that they knew he was meant to be shared. In Graham's world-including a madcap summer camp called Jabberwocky-something wondrous and beyond us is at play..."—Robin Young, NPR host"This is a holy book."—Rabbi Lawrence Kushner“It was a story I needed to hear. It was a deeply spiritual story. Graham reflected beauty, goodness, humility into a self-absorbed, goal driven, power hungry world. For those who were present and aware, Graham taught them life changing lessons of life. And his spirit continues to do so!”—Phil Reppert, contributor to Vineyard Gazette and author of Nativity on East 7th, a New York City Christmas Love Story“Graham Gardner is a stellar example of the invaluable place held by "the greatly different." The sheer force of humanity called forth by Graham gives testament to their bedrock value. To begin, no boy was ever more beloved by his father, in a world that aches for fathers who make manifest their love for their sons.”—Dr. Gina Higgins, psychologist and author of Resilient Adults: Overcoming a Cruel Past and Resilient Women"… Gardner is a physician and an artist who sees with his heart."—Dr. Carl Cooley, Dartmouth Medical School