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Caroline Elton

Looking After : A Portrait of My Autistic Brother Hardback Book

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Deeply moving sibling memoir
Unique autism family portrait
Praised by acclaimed authors
Beautifully written and compassionate
Quality hardback edition
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A beautiful, bracing gem of a book, quite unlike any other family memoir Ive ever read Polly Morland, author of A FORTUNATE WOMAN(A) profoundly moving memoir . . . I will not be the only sibling to appreciate Looking After. Our voices are seldom heard SpectatorBeautifully written, erudite and important . . . Looking After is a love letter to an autistic brother and to family itself, and a reminder of the power of empathy to save lives Christie Watson, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESSThis loving memoir explores the everyday reality of living with the condition . . . Sometimes an "ordinary" story is anything but . . . Looking After is never dry Lionels glorious, messy, infuriating humanity comes first. [Elton] wants to honour and celebrate her chickenchomping, toiletryslathering, transportfixated brother and the mother who made his life possible The TimesHeld me captive to the very last page. Wise, compassionate and compellingly told Monica Ali, author of LOVE MARRIAGEThis lifespanning memoir is an affecting and affectionate tribute Bookseller, Editors ChoiceMeet Lionel, Carolines older brother. Born in the late 1940s, when little was known about autism, Lionel was considered a peculiarity. From the beginning, he was a silent child, oblivious to the people around him and intent only on playing with his toy trucks. By the time he turned four, doctors declared him ineducable and advised that he be institutionalised a shockingly standard practise at the time.No one could...

SKU: M9781529151848
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Binding: Hardback;352 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BG; Weight: 568 g; Dimensions: 222 x 146 x 35

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