Look Me in the Eye

My Life with Asperger's

John Elder Robison

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English

Bantam
01 October 2008

Biography; Autobiography: general; Coping with illness; Coping with disability

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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.

By: John Elder Robison
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 222g
ISBN: 9781863256414
ISBN 10: 1863256415
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 October 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active