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Patti Smith retired in Southern Utah after practicing law in California for 30 years.
Her memoir shares funny and profound stories highlighting her inspirational journey of
unexpected learning from her oldest child, Chris Higgins who was born with Down syndrome.
Patti enjoys traveling and spending time with her six exceptional children, including Christopher, whom she honors as her master teacher.

Patti was honored to be awarded the prestigious Olive Woolley Burt Award for Creative Writing in the
New Voices category.

Patti is dedicated to learning and helping
others. In fact she is donating hundreds of books to parents of new babies with Down syndrome to share her belief that the life
of a person with this diagnosis is one to cherish and celebrate. ...more

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	Unexpected Lessons from Professor Higgins by Patti Smith (Goodreads Author), Tara Janae Smith (Narrator) 4.41 avg rating — 34 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unexpected Lessons from Professor Higgins 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unexpected Lessons from Professor Higgins: A Joyful Memoir of a Mother Raising a Son with Down Syndrome 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Patti F Smith liked Travis Butler's review of Unexpected Lessons from Professor Higgins: "Unexpected Lessons from Professor Higgins Author: Patti Smith Narrated by Tara Janae Smith This is a memoir where Patti Smith is writing about raising a child with Down Syndrome. She tells different stories that lead to teaching moments. As someone who " Read more of this review »
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Patti F Smith liked Topper Jones's review of Unexpected Lessons from Professor Higgins: "Smith's “Unexpected Lessons" was an unexpected delight. The book is packed with laugh-out-loud moments and deeply moving anecdotes about the author’s journey raising her special-needs son. Through her experiences, Smith offers powerful life lessons t" Read more of this review »
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Patti F Smith liked Angela's review of Unexpected Lessons from Professor Higgins: "We should all aspire to have the humility to learn from others. I signed up for a drawing for this book, because of my love of Patti Smith the singer. I got about a chapter in and quickly realized this was not her voice but a different woman altogeth" Read more of this review »
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Patti F Smith liked Sunny Lovestories's review of Unexpected Lessons from Professor Higgins: "The son is the teacher. The son is not the child the mother thought she’d have but he turned out to be the son she needed. A life as a mother I personally can’t imagine navigating, is told to us through some humor, some tears, but mainly we hear the " Read more of this review »
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