Look Me in the Eye
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Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELERAs 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 KIS to building a family of his own. It s a strange, sly, indelible account sometimes alien yet always deeply human.
John Elder Robison grew up in the 1960s, before the diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome existed. Today he has claimed his spot on the autism spectrum; he blogs for Psychology Today and is an adjunct professor at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. John serves on the Science Board of Autism Speaks and on the Public Review Board for the National Institutes of Health, where he considers research to improve the lives of autistic people and their families. He is also currently involved in autism research and programs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Mass General Hospital, two teaching hospitals of the Harvard Medical School.
When he's not writing, speaking, or involved in studies, John can be found at Robison Service, the automobile company he founded twenty-five years ago. Robison Service has established a reputation as a leading independent restorer and customizer of BMW, Mercedes, Land Rover, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley automobiles. Visit John's company at www.robisonservice.com.
John lives in western Massachusetts among family, friends, animals, and machines.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307395986 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307395987 |
| Title | Look Me in the Eye |
| Author | John Elder Robison |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2007-09-25 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Commended for Books for a Better Life (First Book) 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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