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Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism » (First Edition)

Book cover image of Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism by Clara Claiborne Park

Authors: Clara Claiborne Park, Oliver Sacks (Foreword by), Oliver W. Sacks
ISBN-13: 9780316691246, ISBN-10: 0316691240
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: First Edition

Author Biography: Clara Claiborne Park

Book Synopsis

Exiting Nirvana" is a strong and affecting profile of an artist with autism, beautifully written by her mother. . . . Skillfully weaving in theories of autism with the experience of raising an autistic child, Park goes beyond individual history to address the wider question of what it means to be human".—from the National Magazine Awards presentation.

	Foreword	ix
1	Introductory	3
1	Talking
2	"That is not sound"	21
3	"When the time comes"	34
4	"Guess what!"	53
2	Thinking
5	"All different kind of days"	65
6	"When I ten, that minus one!"	85
7	"The hangman hangs by the clothespin because of new politeness"	97
3	Painting
8	"The sky is purple-black"	119
4	Living
9	"Because can tell by the face"	139
10	"I guess Darth Vader learned from consequences! Like me!"	154
11	"Guess what! Some of the people at work are my friends!"	174
12	Valedictory	194
	Afterword	208
	Appendices
I.	Jessy's Descriptions of Some of Her Paintings	209
II.	Definitions	213
III.	Useful Publications	216
IV.	Useful Addresses	219
	Source Notes	220
	Picture Credits and Copyright Acknowledgments	224