Life, animated a story of sidekicks, heroes, and autism
"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....
| Main Author: | Suskind, Ron. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Kingswell,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781423180364 (hbk.) 1423180364 (hbk.) |