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
| 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.
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.
