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Ben MarcusBen Marcus's books The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women were considered "experimental" fiction because of his unconventional use of... Continue »
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Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism

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""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. of photos, 4 in color.

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Sacks, Oliver W.
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Sacks, Oliver W.
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Sacks, Oliver W.
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Park, Clara Claiborne
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Specific Groups - Special Needs
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Parental Memoirs
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Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)
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Autism
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Autistic children
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Parents of autistic children.
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20020331
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