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Summary:

"Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir ... is his story ... Rooted in black folklore and cultural ambience, and offering new perspectives on autism and more, [his book intends to] inspire and delight readers and deepen our understanding of the marginal spaces of human existence"--Amazon.com.

Table of Contents:

• Remembering
• Born with the spirits
• Growing up with the spirits
• The pillows are crying
• The big yellow bus
• Going to the moon
• Cool
• The white castle
• The big yellow house
• The purple time
• I think I do
• Gray concrete
• All the green and blue
• Professor in Silver Town
• Making lunch.

Author/Creator:

Prahlad, Anand , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The secret life of a Black Aspie: a memoir [by Prahlad, A.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Secret life of a black aspie [by Prahlad, A.] (Fairbanks, AK : University of, 2017 — ISBN 9781602233225; LCCN 2016038645)

Subjects:

Prahlad, Anand — Mental health

Asperger's syndrome — Patients — Biography

Asperger's syndrome — Patients — Family relationships

Husband and wife — Biography

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
2016 winner of the Permafrost Prize Award.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

RC553.A88 P73 2017eb

ISBNs:

9781602233225 (electronic bk.)
1602233225 (electronic bk.)
9781602233218 [Invalid]
1602233217 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

957077833

Other Control Numbers:

EBC4806482 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp13508664