By: Ron Suskind
A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
Genre: Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction Inspirational
Kingswell
April 1, 2014
On Sale: March 29, 2014
Featuring:
368 pages
ISBN: 1423180364
EAN: 9781423180364
Kindle: B00HEVTPJ0
Hardcover / e-Book
Book 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.