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Can I read The Only Boy in the World : a Father's Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Autism on EtoBox?
The Only Boy in the World : a Father's Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Autism by Michael Blastland is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Only Boy in the World : a Father's Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Autism about?
<p><p><I>The Only Boy in the World</I> is a memoir, an investigation into what makes us human, a study of aberration, and a love story. It’s about all the odd ways journalist Michael Blastland's autistic son, Joe, has of seeing the world and understanding others, and what that tells the rest of us about how we also tick. Through the strange stories of Joe's scrapes and confusions, he makes luminous the routine skills by which the rest of us mostly avoid the disasters that befall him.<p>The book strives to this understanding by combining Technicolor scenes from Joe's bizarre life, from the long catalog of his social accidents, with scientific and psychological understanding of how we normally relate to other people. Illuminating the emotional core of the book are the ways that Joe and his father relate through all the turbulence to one other.<p></p>
Who reads The Only Boy in the World : a Father's Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Autism?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Michael Blastland
- Publisher
- Marlowe & Company
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781569242919
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Medical, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.31 / 5 (40 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14