Christina Adams - Camel Crazy

PRAISE FOR CAMEL CRAZY

Christina Adams has a powerful, passionate, and convincing story to tell. Myself, I was looking for a camel milk source by page 38.

RANDY FERTEL, PHD, author of The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak and cofounder of the Edible Schoolyard, New Orleans

Christina Adamss writing and work are important to many indigenous cultures around the world, like my own nomadic tribe, the Tuareg camel herders. We need protecting.

SIDI AMAR, nomad, camel handler, and Tuareg cultural protector, Sahara Desert, Niger

If you think you know everything, then you havent read Christina Adamss page-turning memoir about her quest for camel milk to help her sons autism. Its part the story of one mothers determination to help her son and part travel narrative, plus much camel lore. Adams has woven an incredible tapestry that will fascinate you with its science and touch you with its story. Reminiscent of John Vaillants wonderful nonfiction book The Tiger, Camel Crazy will teach you things you never imagined and move you to tears.

MARY MORRIS, author of Gateway to the Moon and All the Way to the Tigers (forthcoming)

Christina Adams sweeps up the reader on her colorful, entertaining, and very personal quest to find out more about camels and the exotic milk that proved so beneficial for her son and other autistic children. Her wonderful book takes us on fascinating travels, encounters, and discoveries, winding up with a useful trove of practical advice in the Appendix.

NANCY JONES ABEIDERRAHMANE, founder of Tiviski and winner of the ROLEX Award for Enterprise

In her fascinating book Camel Crazy, Christina Adams describes her quest to help her son, which is both heroic and an important reminder of the arrogance embedded in the prevailing wisdom of Western medicine and modern industrial life. We recklessly toss out important traditional knowledge, remove direct contact with the animals like camels who have shaped human civilization, and belittle the important steps to regain control over our lives by searching for answers in unexpected places. Camel Crazy is a joy to read and should inspire those of us who feel powerless in the face of industrialized life. Biodiversity matters. Animals matter. And it matters to enter into a space in which we consider possibilities that otherwise would seem impossible.

RICHARD MCCARTHY, executive director of Slow Food International

This brave, inspiring, and deeply exciting narrative is about Christina Adamss search for help for her son, which she found in the most unlikely of places the milk of camels. She is the best kind of tour guide, propelling her intimate narrative through the Middle East to Amish country to a Manhattan doctor, and Adams does it all with such an infectious sense of wonder, a love of facts, and an insistence to get at the truth that Id follow her anywhere. As she falls more and more in love with camels, so do we. This is a book that can change the world.

CAROLINE LEAVITT, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Is This Tomorrow

Camel Crazy relates an extraordinary story and captures how camels represent freedom to pastoralists like me. This books camel wisdom rings true and will help the humble animals who in turn sustain millions of pastoralists globally.

ROBA B. JILO, camel herder and member of the Karrayyu-Oromo tribe of Ethiopia

As a self-professed beauty hunter, I felt like I found the beauty-hunting bible within these pages. This is a book for anyone who believes in the power of belief, science, and love. Combining these things, Christina Adams has created a magical story that feels part memoir, part fairy tale, pure heart. I want everyone I know to read this book to be reminded how one woman can change the world by following her own path.

JENNIFER PASTILOFF, bestselling author of On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard

For me, as both a parent and self-advocate for autism spectrum disorder, seeing the development of science-based natural resources to increase functionality for people with autism is outstanding. Christina Adams has been an amazing international leader in finding solutions that geneticists are only now starting to understand. The trailblazing work she describes in this book has led to significant multidisciplinary scientific studies.

ANNE DELERY MCWHORTER, autistic advocate and owner of Quiet Calm LLC

A story as wondrous as a fantastic novel, full of amazing moments. This is an exploration fueled by love.

ANITA HUGHES, author of California Summer: A Novel

Mesmerizing. Far more than an enchanting trip through camel lore and a look at the biology of this fascinating mammal, Camel Crazy offers a compelling description of how its milk quieted her young sons autism symptoms. Just as I was awaiting a scientific explanation, there it was, eloquent and exciting. Camels, and their milk, are indeed special.

RICKI LEWIS, PHD, author of The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It

Camel milk played, and continues to play, a huge role in our son Jacks nutrition. Our family is grateful to those like Christina Adams, who are forging a new path for those who need it most. Switching Jack to camel milk has been the single most beneficial thing we have done for our very picky eater.

THE HARRIS FAMILY, White Oak Pastures

Combining a mothers love with the skill of a scientist and the finesse of a diplomatic ambassador, Christina Adams glides through international and cultural barriers with the realization that we are all part of a global village. In tirelessly striving to resolve her sons challenges, Adams expertly fits together several pieces of the puzzle in making fulfilling and productive lives for people on the autism spectrum more the rule rather than the exception.

STEPHEN M. SHORE, EDD, person with autism, author of Beyond the Wall, professor of special education at Adelphi University, and board member of Autism Speaks

ALSO BY CHRISTINA ADAMS

A Real Boy: A True Story of Autism,

Early Intervention, and Recovery

Copyright 2019 by Christina Adams

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The material in this book is intended for education. No expressed or implied guarantee of the effects of the use of the recommendations can be given or liability taken. It is not meant to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical practitioner or therapist. Every effort has been made to confirm dates, names, and other aspects of the episodes presented in this book and to use real names wherever possible, although a few have been changed to protect privacy.

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