{"product_id":"9781620873137","title":"Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A highly readable [and] entertaining telling of what a family, and a marriage especially, goes through when hit with autism spectrum disorders” (\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Honest, heartfelt, and often candidly funny, this account of a year in the life of a family describes the struggle of a father, a lifelong book-loving obsessive, to enter and understand his son’s world—the world of autism—using the materials he knows best: self-help books, feel-good memoirs, literary classics from the Bible to Dr. Seuss, old movies, and a stubborn sense of humor. \u003ci\u003eBad Animals \u003c\/i\u003eis an exploration of a baffling condition, a memoir of self-discovery enlivened by a self-deprecating wit, and a quirky love story told by a gifted writer.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sardonically funny and heartfelt enough to draw tears, an immensely satisfying read for parents of disabled and non-disabled children alike . . . A funny, deeply moving and refreshingly honest memoir of raising an autistic child.” —\u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148638077168,"sku":"9781620873137","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620873137_p0.jpg?v=1763862938","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620873137","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}