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Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism
Clara Claiborne Park, Oliver Sacks (Foreword by), Oliver W. Sacks
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Synopsis
Exiting Nirvana" is a strong and affecting profile of an artist with autism, beautifully written by her mother. . . . Skillfully weaving in theories of autism with the experience of raising an autistic child, Park goes beyond individual history to address the wider question of what it means to be human".—from the National Magazine Awards presentation.
Book Details
Published
March 1, 2002
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780316691246