{"product_id":"look-me-in-the-eye","title":"Look Me in the Eye","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - A \"deeply felt and often darkly funny\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir about growing up feeling different--and finally being diagnosed with autism at 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lean, powerful in its descriptive accuracy, and engaging in its understated humor . . . Emotionally gripping.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits--an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them)--had earned him the label \"social deviant.\" It was not until he was forty that he was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome. That understanding transformed the way he saw himself--and the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA born storyteller, Robison has written a moving, darkly funny memoir about a life that has taken him from developing exploding guitars for KISS to building a family of his own. It's a strange, sly, indelible account--sometimes alien yet always deeply human.","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833742831821,"sku":"9780307396181","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_a4f9aca3-70bf-4ec4-9c75-36c6db12fcc5.jpg?v=1790897535","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/look-me-in-the-eye","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}