{"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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67798624960749,"sku":"9780307396181","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/0797\/6685\/files\/9780307396181.jpg?v=1792165492","url":"https:\/\/qepbooks.com\/products\/look-me-in-the-eye","provider":"QEP Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}