Strange son
Subtitle: two mothers, two sons, and the quest to unlock the hidden world of autism
By: Portia Iversen.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9781573223119
Subjects: Iversen, Portia -- Family.; Mukhopadhyay, Soma -- Family.; Autism in children -- Popular works.; Autistic children -- Care.; Autistic children -- Family relationships.
Genres: Popular works.
Description: This inspirational, riveting memoir follows a mother's quest to understand and communicate with her severely autistic child.
Notes: This inspirational, riveting memoir follows a mother's quest to understand and communicate with her severely autistic child.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-391).
Table of contents: title: Departure of the mind; title: Listening to sand; title: The Indian poet; title: Acting as if; title: Loops around our house; title: Sipping tea; title: A disastrous dinner; title: Chaos of the mind; title: Four minus one; title: I see or I hear; title: - Something's burning; title: Echoes of doubt; title: Dreaming in sound; title: A galaxy is a group of stars; title: Handsome in a jacket; title: Beneath the silence; title: How many others?; title: Cogwheels.