About this title: Look Me in the Eye" is the moving, darkly funny story of growing up with Aspergers at a time when the diagnosis simply didnt exist. A born storyteller, Robison takes readers inside the head of a boy who teachers and other adults regarded as defective. Its a strange, sly, indelible account; sometimes alien yet always deeply human.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ebury P
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780091924683ISBN:0091924685
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Edition: First edition-First printing.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Crown, New York
Date Published: 2007
Description: Fine uncorrected proof in stiff, glossy, pictorial wrappers. Signed by author on full title page. Foreword by his brother, Augusten Burroughs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ebury Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780091924690ISBN:0091924693
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Pub
Date Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN-13:9780307395986ISBN:0307395987
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780307395986ISBN:0307395987
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Random House Audio
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780739357682ISBN:0739357689
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"I have 2 children with autism, my oldest having Asperger's. As soon as I saw the front cover of the book the title struck me; I knew it was a biography about someone with autism. John Robison shows us what it feels like to grow up with Asperger's, how different he felt, and not knowing why. I really enjoyed the stories he told about the pranks he pulled, and sometimes how such complicated things often are really just so simple if you think about it. I enjoyed this book very much."
"This book was fascinating! All through reading it, I kept comparing the author's experiences with how my brother was in childhood and is now in adulthood. I saw so many similarities I had to tell my parents to read it. They promptly bought the book it sounded so intriguing. After reading it, they passed it on to the brother I referred to previously. He started it, didn't care to finish-refered to Robison as "kind of an a--hole, didn't you think?" You know that phrase about when one finger points, the others in that hand point back to the source person????? Gave me a new understanding about some people's inability to deal with people, yet stun you with their technical knowledge; that is, until they tell you about it ad nauseum!"
"I finished this book last week. At first I wasn't sure I'd like the book, b/c I wasn't sure I liked the author! He described a lot of what I considered to be mean spirited pranks he'd play on people, including on his little brother- who was going through his own trials and tribulations. . .Then as I read on I got to truly appreciate and admire this remarkable man. He tells a great story, honestly sharing his struggles and joys. I was relieved in many parts of the book, to learn that he was able to rise to such successes, given all the obstacles he had to face.
I think this book could be very encouraging to readers w/AS.. but it could also be perhaps discouraging too.. as the author is a high functioning Aspie, brilliant, successful, married w/a kid.. I know many people w/AS may feel that this level of functioning is unattainable for them.. There are countless Aspies who can't even make friends never mind finding a mate, who long for gainful employment but can't hold even a simple job. So my hope is that it is not discouraging to the wonderful eccentrics out there who can't attain the same level as Robison."
"A friend recommended this to me as I was considering whether someone close to me may be Aspergian (the term JE Robison used throughout the book). I may not have arrived at an answer ("diagnosis") but it was a well written memoir of an unusual man raised in an extraordinary family.
His brother wrote an autobiography which hit the big time: Augusten Burrough's "Running With Scissors". (Burroughs is a pen name for Chris Robison.) But John Elder's life was decidedly different from his brother's. With undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome, John Elder struggled at home, in school, with peers until he stumbled into a suitable career which utilised his strengths: designing special equipment for flashy stage guitar performances.
Asperger's Syndrome has been called Autism Light. Robison's perspective view's Asperger's not as an illness, rather it's a different operating system. Robison was engagingly modest and simultaneous candid about his strengths with mechanics and engineering. I did not expect to find the book as well written as it was. I have one remaining issue with the author. Near the end he ruminates about his marriage to one of three sisters. He wonders aloud whether he selected the 'right' sister. I take issue with this. It's a two way street, Mr Robison. Of course she's the right sister if you were the right fit for her!"
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