Look Me in the Eye
My Life With Asperger's
Crown · Print & ebook · September 9, 2008
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “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.
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- Who it’s for
- readers interested in personal memoirs about neurodiversity
- Themes
- autism spectrum, family, self-discovery
- Pacing
- Reflective
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “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.”
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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.
Who it’s for
- readers interested in personal memoirs about neurodiversity
- those exploring family dynamics and psychological self-understanding
Where it sits
| Disability Memoirs | 70% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 58% |
| Autism Spectrum | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Disability Memoirs
- Autism Spectrum
- Authors
- John Elder Robison
- Publisher
- Crown
- Published
- September 9, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- autism spectrum · family · self-discovery
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs