num_pages: 256
description: In Not Even Wrong , Paul Collins melds a memoir of his son's autism with a journey into this realm of permanent outsiders. Examining forgotten geniuses and obscure medical archives, and beginning to see why he himself has spent a lifetime researching talented eccentrics, Collins shows how these stories are relevant and even necessary to shed light on autism.Paul Collins is the author of Sixpence House and Banvard's Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World . He edits the Collins Library for McSweeney's Books and lives in Portland with his wife and son.A Book Sense selection in hardcover."Brilliant."- Vanity Fair"Few things are more heartbreaking than learning that your child is destined to be an outsider...Collins conveys this sad truth beautifully. A fascinating portrait of his son. A"- Entertainment Weekly"Striking...Brave man, brave book."- Washington Post"A genre-bending spellbinder."- Newsday"This is a smart, compassionate study of autists-'the ultimate square pegs'-and how they see the world, darkly, through the thickets of their own genius."- Publishers WeeklyAlso Not Even Wrong hc 1-58234-367-5 $24.95 Sixpence House pb 1-58234-404-3 $13.95
language: English
title: Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey into the Lost History of Autism
titlecomplete: Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey into the Lost History of Autism
genres: Psychology, History, Parenting, Biography, Memoir, Disability, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Mental Health, Biography Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 806
publisher: Bloomsbury USA