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Also by Ron Suskind:

Life, Animated, April 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Confidence Men, September 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
The Way of the World, August 2008
Hardcover
The One Percent Doctrine, May 2007
Paperback
The One Percent Doctrine, June 2006
Hardcover
A Hope in the Unseen, May 1999
Paperback

LIFE, ANIMATED
By: Ron Suskind

A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism

Kingswell
April 2014
On Sale: March 29, 2014
368 pages
ISBN: 1423180364
EAN: 9781423180364
Kindle: B00HEVTPJ0
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction Inspirational

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.

Media Buzz

Studio 360 - August 9, 2014
Wednesday Reads  - May 14, 2014
Daily Show with Jon Stewart - May 13, 2014
Daily Show with Jon Stewart - May 12, 2014
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - April 22, 2014