{"product_id":"9781863955553","title":"Reaching One Thousand: A Story of Love, Motherhood and Autism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘He’ll grow out of it,’ my friends told me.\u003cp\u003e‘He’s so intelligent,’ my family said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Your parents are mathematicians,’ people reminded me. ‘What did you expect?’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat did I expect? We expect many things of our children. Most of the time we are only aware of these expectations when something happens to make it impossible for them to be fulfilled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ben is a baby, Rachel puts his behavioural quirks down to eccentricity. He likes to count letterboxes; he hates to get his hands dirty; loud noises make him anxious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as Ben grows and his quirks become more pronounced, it becomes clear there is something else going on. When he is diagnosed with autism, Rachel must reconsider everything she thought she knew about parenting, about Ben, and about how best to mother him. \u003cem\u003eReaching One Thousand\u003c\/em\u003e charts her quest to understand autism and to build a new kind of relationship with her son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExquisitely written, this is a thought-provoking reflection on family and understanding and a tender love letter from a mother to her son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the 2013 National Biography Award.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schwartz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055329394928,"sku":"9781863955553","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781863955553_p0.jpg?v=1763601240","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781863955553","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}