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Small wonder Robison gravitated to machines, which could, at least, be counted on. John Robison lives with his wife and son in Amherst, Massachusetts. His website is. by John Elder Robison. Author John Elder Robison.

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'... as sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could find, utterly unspoiled, uninfluenced, and original.' - from the Foreword by Augusten Burroughs '... as heartfelt a memoir as one could find, utterly unspoiled, uninfluenced, and original.' - Augusten Burroughs A New York Times and Australian bestseller, Look Me In The Eye tells of a child's heartbreaking desperation to connect with others, and his struggle to pass as 'normal' -- a struggle that would continue into adulthood. By the time he was a teenager, John Elder Robison's odd habits -- such as a tendency to obsessively dismantle radios and dig five-foot holes (and stick his little brother in them) -- had earned him the label 'social deviant'. No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent the evenings drinking. Small wonder Robison gravitated to machines, which could, at least, be counted on. It was not until he was forty that an insightful therapist told Robison he had the form of autism called Asperger's syndrome, transforming the way Robison saw himself -- and the world. Look Me In The Eye is Robison's moving and blackly funny story of growing up with Asperger's syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn't even exist. A born storyteller, Robison takes us inside the head of a boy whom teachers and other adults regarded as defective and who still has a peculiar aversion to using people's given names (he calls his wife Unit Two). He also provides a fascinating angle on the younger brother he left at the mercy of their nutty parents -- the boy who would grow up to write Running with Scissors. Above all, you'll marvel at the way Robison overcame the restrictions of Asperger's to gain the connection he always craved- as a husband and father.

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Publisher
Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)
ISBN-13
9781863256414
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95077819

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Book Title
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
Author
John Elder Robison
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Medicine, Coping with Illness
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
128mm
Item Weight
260g

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John Elder Robison
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia

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I brought this book because my son has aspergers and was told it was a good read. Ireally like the book and have passed it on to my family to read.

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