Life, Animated

A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism | Now an Award Winning Motion Picture

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Disability, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Special Needs, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Ron Suskind ISBN: 9781368003957
Publisher: Disney Book Group Publication: July 12, 2016
Imprint: Kingswell Language: English
Author: Ron Suskind
ISBN: 9781368003957
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Publication: July 12, 2016
Imprint: Kingswell
Language: English

Now an award winning motion picture! 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. This edition has been updated with additional material from the Suskind family.

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Now an award winning motion picture! 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. This edition has been updated with additional material from the Suskind family.

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