{"product_id":"9780999742259","title":"Hello, Stranger: My Life on the Autism Spectrum","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMoran, Barbara; Williams, Karl\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKiCam Projects, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e“… Insights from a time when a young person with autism grew up in a world where nobody understood them!” – Temple Grandin, author, \u003ci\u003eThinking in Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An extraordinary look at autism from the inside – by turns heartbreaking, uplifting, illuminating, witty, and wise.” – Steve Silberman, author, \u003ci\u003eNeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Moran has never known how to be good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a child, she made strange noises, fidgeted constantly, and licked her lips until they cracked. She had “upsets” that embarrassed and frustrated her family. Worse still, she developed friendships with inanimate objects—everything from roller skates to tables to an antique refrigerator—and became obsessed with images of cathedrals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe was institutionalized, analyzed, and marginalized, cast aside as not trying hard enough to fit in.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut after almost forty years, Barbara was given an answer for her inability to be like, and to connect with, other people: autism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHello, Stranger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a misunderstood life that serves as an eye-opening call for compassion. Bracingly honest, Barbara describes the profound loneliness of being abandoned and judged while also expressing her deep yearning simply to be loved and to give love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHello, Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e is a challenge to every reader to see the beauty and the humanity present in every individual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"KiCam Projects, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42958650015999,"sku":"9780999742259","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_b3ca63b3-7166-48c7-8565-509e03efe521.jpg?v=1738953730","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780999742259","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}