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Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story (Hardcover)
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Key Phrases: flux valve, people with autism, feeling history, New York, Poets Theatre, Hampshire Country School (more...)
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The mother of the most famous person with autism today, Temple Grandin, Ph.D., tells the story of her death-lock struggle with medical authorities and her husband to keep her daughter from being warehoused in an institution, delving into myth and reality, angst and guilt, family and society ultimately defining the travails of all of humanity.

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  • Hardcover: 228 pages
  • Publisher: Future Horizons (December 15, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1932565167
  • ISBN-13: 978-1932565164
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars 17 customer reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #128,370 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flux valve, people with autism, feeling history, eye signals, autistic children
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Poets Theatre, Hampshire Country School, Separate Worlds Begin, Baby Makes Three, End of Childhood, Fall Apart, Start All Over Again, Pee Wee, Franklin Pierce, Legacy of Genes, New England, Aunt Ruby, North Dakota, Wampatuck Gang, Dame Edith, John Damon, World War, Battle of the Bulge, Deer Island, Down Syndrome, Richard Wilbur, Sir Osbert, South Beach, The Family Reunion
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