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358 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
| 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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Suskind, Owen.
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Suskind, Ron -- Family.
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Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 -- Characters.
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Autistic children -- Biography.
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Parents of autistic children -- Biography.
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Autistic children -- Family relationships.
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Autistic children -- Language.
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Interpersonal communication.
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Animated films -- Psychological aspects.
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| ISBN |
9781423180364 (hardback) |
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