Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
by John Elder Robison
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New York Times Bestseller
“As sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could find.”
—from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs
Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” It was not until he was forty that he was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome. That understanding transformed the way he saw himself—and the world. A born storyteller, Robison has written a moving, darkly funny memoir about a life that has taken him from developing exploding guitars for KISS to building a family of his own. It’s a strange, sly, indelible account—sometimes alien yet always deeply human.
- Rank: #4577 in Books
- Published on: 2008-09-09
- Released on: 2008-09-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.98" h x .67" w x 5.17" l, .51 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 302 pages
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