Languages:English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published) Media:Paperback Edition:Reprint Pages:320 Number Of Items:1 Shipping Weight (lbs):0.5 Dimensions (in):5.2 x 0.7 x 8
ISBN:0307396185 EAN:9780307396181
Publication Date:September 9, 2008 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
“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.
