Songs of the Gorilla Nation : : my Journey Through Autism
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Part One -- A LIFE Without SONG 9 -- chapter 1 A Culture of One 11 -- 2 A Chaos of Noise: Understanding Autism 27 -- 3 The Silence Before Dawn 35 -- 4 Starting Off Key 63 -- P a r t Tw o -- The SONGS of the GORILLA NATION 89 -- chapter 5 Music Behind the Looking Glass Cage 91 -- 6 The Difficulty of Lyrics Long and Unfamiliar 111 -- 7 Requiem 157 -- P a r t T h r e e -- HOW CAN I KEEP from SINGING? 163 -- chapter 8 Ancestral Hymns: A Family History 165 -- 9 Successes 179 -- 10 Sharing the Songs 199.
The author relates her experiences as a late-diagnosed autistic, describing struggles with antisocial impulses, her connection with the gorillas at a Seattle zoo, and her eventual ability to develop human relationships.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Harmony Books, ©2004.
Year Published: 2004
Description: viii, 225 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1400050588
9781400050581
9781400082155
1400082153
SUBJECTS
Prince-Hughes, Dawn, -- 1964-
Autistic people -- Biography.
Gorillas.
Human-animal relationships.
Autobiographies.