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Author:

Robison, John Elder.

Title:

Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's / John Elder Robison.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Three Rivers Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiv, 302 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Robison, John Elder--Mental health.
Asperger's syndrome--Patients--United States--Biography.

Notes:

"Includes a new postscript from the author and a reading group guide"--P. [4] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-295).

Contents:

A little misfit -- A permanent playmate -- Empathy -- A trickster is born -- I find a Porsche -- The nightmare years -- Assembly required -- The dogs begin to fear me -- I drop out of high school -- Collecting the trash -- The flaming washtub -- I'm in prison with the band -- The big time -- The first smoking guitar -- The ferry to Detroit -- One with the machine -- Rock and roll all night -- A real job -- A visit from management -- Logic vs. small talk -- Being young executives -- Becoming normal -- I get a bear cub -- A diagnosis at forty -- Montagoonians -- Units one through three -- Married life -- Winning at basketball -- My life as a train.

Summary:

Memoir of John Robison whose odd behavior was explained when he was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome when he was forty and the change that made in his life.

ISBN:

0307396185
9780307396181

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