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

Author/creator Robison, John Elder
Format Book and Print
Edition1st pbk. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Three Rivers Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiv, 302 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
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.
Abstract 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.
General note"Includes a new postscript from the author and a reading group guide"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-295).
ISBN9780307396181
ISBN0307396185

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RC553.A88 R635 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold