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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's |  | Author: John Elder Robison
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  258 reviews
Sales Rank: 2507
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0307396185
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1968588320092
EAN: 9780307396181
ASIN: 0307396185
Publication Date: September 9, 2008
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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.” 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.
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 Wonderful read! July 25, 2010
Caran Wakefield
Funny, honest, and splendidly written- an enlightening read, and I would recommend it to anyone who seeks to understand Asberger's or autism spectrum disorders...
Excellent Reading! July 19, 2010
Brenda Current (CHATTANOOGA, TN, US)
This is a great book. I actually have trouble putting it down once I start reading. You must read this book even if you do not know of anyone with the disease.
 Another Perspective July 17, 2010
JGrace (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's - John Elder Robison
There are so many things to say about this memoir. It's fascinating, sad, funny, poignant, weird and educational. John Robison is the older brother of Austen Burroughs, the author of Running with Scissors. This book gives another perspective on the effects of growing up in a very dysfunctional family. It is also the story of growing up with undiagnosed Asperger Syndrome. It's a survival story with many dark moments that are told in such a matter of fact tone that it's hard to discern fact from fiction. Is he exaggerating? Is he trying to be funny? Is he playing as huge a prank on the reader as he played on his hated biology teacher?
I think he is also a talented writer and a gifted story teller. As a reader, my need to try to figure it out mirrored Robison's experience of trying to figure out the rest of the world from an Asperger perspective.
It's good to have his perspective, and as an educator I appreciated the resource section at the end of the book. Hopefully teachers today can do a better job with such exceptional kids than in the past.
 Look me in the Eye July 7, 2010
Joanne Z. Kosloski (Wernersville, PA USA)
I am currently reading the book, and had expected more insight to the world of autism, but am enjoying it.
 Just felt mean-spirited June 9, 2010
Linda (Corvallis, OR USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I stopped reading less than halfway through and was relieved to do so. The further along I got, the less I liked or trusted the author. He came across as sickeningly arrogant and mean. The pranks were just pointless and, as pointed out in a preceding review, appeared to be nothing more than oversized bids for attention.
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