Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism

by Ron Suskind

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423180364
• ISBN13: 9781423180364
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Kingswell Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"