look me in the eye by john elder robison

Of course it's brilliant my big brother wrote it. He is a gifted storyteller with a deadpan sense of humour and the book is a rollicking read Even without the Asperger's he would have had an appalling childhood. John has a life that is humanity's version of extreme sport. For someone who has struggled all his life to connect with other people, Robison proves to be an extraordinary storyteller. This book is a rare fusion of inspiration, dark comedy and insight into the workings of the human mind. Along the way it also tells the story of two brothers born eight years apart yet devoted to each other: the author and his younger brother Chris, who would grow up to become bestselling author Augusten Burroughs. Read more story of growing up with Asperger's syndrome – a form of autism – at a time when the diagnosis simply didn't exist. It didn't help that his mother conversed with light fixtures and his father spent evenings pickling himself in sherry. He was unable to make eye contact or connect with other children, and by the time he was a teenager his odd habits - an inclination to blurt out non-sequiturs, obsessively dismantle radios or dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them) - had earned him the label 'social deviant'. From the time he was three or four years old, John Elder Robison realised that he was different from other people. It is a rare fusion of inspiration, dark comedy and insight into the workings of the human mind.

This book tells about his story of growing up with Asperger's syndrome - a form of autism - at a time when the diagnosis simply didn't exist.

From the time he was three or four years old, the author realized that he was different from other people. Description for Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's.

Look me in the eye by john elder robison