| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. |
| Contents |
Growing backward -- Bumping into walls -- In character -- Musical chairs -- The protekter of sidekicks -- A journey song -- Magic formulas -- Luck from unluck -- Blessings, undisguised -- The movie gods -- To do it on his own -- The animated life -- Sidekicks. |
| Summary |
"Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood. The family was forced to become animated characters, communicating with him in Disney dialogue and song; until they all emerge, together, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
PLNVNONFIC |
| Subject |
Suskind, Owen.
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Suskind, Ron -- Family.
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Autistic children -- United States -- Biography.
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Parents of autistic children -- United States -- Biography.
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Autistic children -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Autistic children -- Language.
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Interpersonal communication.
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Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 -- Characters.
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Animated films -- Psychological aspects.
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| ISBN |
9781423180364 (hbk.) : $26.99 |
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1423180364 (hbk.) : $26.99 |
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