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Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism
Joel Yanofsky tried for years to start this memoir. ""It's not just going to be about autism,"" he told his wife, Cynthia. ""It's going to be about parenthood and marriage, about hope and despair, and storytelling, too."" ""Marriage?"" Cynthia said. ""What about marriage?""A veteran book review...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
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by Viking Books
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I enjoyed this book written by the father of a son diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Joel is honest about his love, his angst, his sense of being in over his head in dealing with the demands of being the parent of a special needs child. He whines, sure, but he owns his whining.
In the book he is writing with his son he names the father character Worst-Daddy-Ever. But he is not the worst daddy ever, he is just a human being dealing with a tough situation and seeking an outlet f...more
Joel is honest about his love, his angst, his sense of being in over his head in dealing with the demands of being the parent of a special needs child. He whines, sure, but he owns his whining.
In the book he is writing with his son he names the father character Worst-Daddy-Ever. But he is not the worst daddy ever, he is just a human being dealing with a tough situation and seeking an outlet f...more
Joel Yanofsky's Bad Animals is an honest and heartfelt book about raising a child with autism. Not a self-help book, this has a more literary feel. A great read for anyone who knows someone raising a child with autism, and for the experts who really need to understand what the parents on the other side of the child are facing.
Jacqueline Valencia
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Laura
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Melanie Baker
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