Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir

Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir

<p>€œExtraordinary€¦ Greenfeld details what it is like to grow up next to a €˜beautiful€ boy with whom he can never play and never connect and who never returns his love, but who, nonetheless, is the most important fact of his life.€ <br />€" Michael Thompson, Ph.D., co-author of <em>Raising Cain</em> </p><p>€œBeautiful and powerful €¦. A masterpiece of literature and memory.€ <br />€" Walter Isaacson, author of <em>Einstein: His Life and Universe</em> </p><p>€œGripping.€ <br />€" <em>Washington Post</em> </p><p><strong>A <em>WASHINGTON POST</em> BOOK WORLD BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</strong> </p><p>In this literary tour de force, Karl Taro Greenfield, the acclaimed journalist and author of <em>China Syndrome</em>, tells the story of his life growing up with his brother, chronicling the hopes, dreams, and realities of life with an autistic sibling. Fans of Joan Didion€s <em>The Year of Magical Thinking</em> and David Sheff€s <em>Beautiful Boy</em> will find many poignant, moving moments in <em>Boy Alone</em>. </p>