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Nobody nowhere : [the remarkable autobiography of an autistic girl]

A fascinating, courageous and true story by a young woman about her childhood. Donna Williams has autism and yet has managed to develop into a perceptive and thoughtful adult who has the ability to look at her own reactions and write about them in a manner that is accurate and detached and, at the same time, intensely personal and full of feeling.

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  • "Nobody nowhere"@th
  • "Nobody nowhere"
  • "Nobody nowhere : the extraordinary autobiography of an autistic girl"@en

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  • "A fascinating, courageous and true story by a young woman about her childhood. Donna Williams has autism and yet has managed to develop into a perceptive and thoughtful adult who has the ability to look at her own reactions and write about them in a manner that is accurate and detached and, at the same time, intensely personal and full of feeling."@en
  • "Autobiografie van een autistische vrouw."
  • "It inspired reading for anyone interested in the soul of the mind."@en
  • "Ce récit autobiographique est davantage un témoignage et une incursion dans le monde intérieur de l'autisme. L'auteure, parvenue à l'âge adulte et ayant fait quelques études universitaires, est capable de raconter ses années de jeunesse et de tenter une analyse de ses comportements considérés comme anormaux par plusieurs."
  • ""My world" with "the world." The book takes readers on an incredible journey into the mind of an autistic person and in the process gives an unprecedented insider's view of a little-understood condition and destroys the many myths and misconceptions about autism. As useful as the label of autism has been for her, her memoir reveals that the label does not define her. This eloquent, often searing book also illuminates her fierce intelligence, creativity, and sense of."@en
  • "Donna Williams was a child with more labels than a jam-jar: deaf, wild disturbed, stupid insane ... She lived within herself, her own world her foreground, ours a background she only visited. Isolated from her self and from the outside world, Donna was, in her words, a Nobody Nowhere. She swung violently between these two worlds, battling to join our world and, simultaneously, to keep it out. Abandoned from all connection to the self within her, she lived as a ghost with a body, a patchwork of the images which bombarded her. Intact but detached from the seemingly incomprehensible world around her, she lived in what she called `a world under glass`. After twenty-five years of being misunderstood, and unable to understand herself, Donna stumbled upon the word `autism`: a label, but one which held up a mirror and made sense of her life and struggles, and gave her a chance to finally forgive both herself and those around her. Nobody Nowhere is disturbing, eloquent and ticklishly funny: it is an account of the soul of someone who lived the word `autism` and survived in an unsympathetic environment despite intense inner chaos and incomprehension. It describes how, against the odds, Donna came to live independently, achieve a place at university, and write this remarkable autobiography. It is now an international bestseller, sold in over 14 languages throughout the world. This is a book that will stay with you as one of the most exceptional works you will ever read."@en
  • "Humor. Hers is a story of incredible courage and inspiration, too. Reared in an extremely hostile environment, Donna faced the ever-present threat of institutionalization. Instead, she ran away from home at a young age, survived on the streets, and even managed to get herself through college. Today she lives independently. While Nobody Nowhere will be a breakthrough book for autistic people and their families, its poetic sensibility and extraordinary insights will make."@en
  • "Labeled deaf, retarded, disturbed, and insane, Donna Williams lived in a world of her own. Alternating between rigid hostility and extroversion, she waged what she termed her war against "the world." She lived in a dreamlike state, withdrawn, viewing her incomprehensible surroundings from the security of a "world under glass," parroting the voices of those around her in the hope that they would leave her alone. Few people understood her, least of all Donna herself. She."@en
  • "A personal account of one woman's battle with autism offers insight into the little-understood mental condition from the patient's perspective and describes her struggle to cope with her condition and attitudes toward her autism."@en
  • "Donna Williams vit seulement dans son monde, un monde à part ou les êtres, les choses, les émotions se heurtent, un monde dont elle cherche à sortir pour rejoindre celui des gens normaux."
  • "Labeled deaf, retarded, disturbed, and insane, Donna Williams lived in a world of her own. Alternating between rigid hostility and extroversion, she waged what she termed her war against "the world." She lived in a dreamlike state, withdrawn, viewing her incomprehensible surroundings from the security of a "world under glass," parroting the voices of those around her in the hope that they would leave her alone. Few people understood her, least of all Donna herself. She knew only that something was wrong with her, and she yearned to be "normal." It was not until three years ago, when Donna was twenty-five, that she discovered the word - autism - that would at last give her the opportunity to understand herself and to build a bridge to join the real world. Nobody Nowhere, Donna's extraordinary autobiography, is her attempt to come to terms with autism and is a vivid memoir of the titanic struggles she has endured in her quest to merge "my world" with "the world." The book takes readers on an incredible journey into the mind of an autistic person and in the process gives an unprecedented insider's view of a little-understood condition and destroys the many myths and misconceptions about autism. As useful as the label of autism has been for her, her memoir reveals that the label does not define her. This eloquent, often searing book also illuminates her fierce intelligence, creativity, and sense of humor. Hers is a story of incredible courage and inspiration, too. Reared in an extremely hostile environment, Donna faced the ever-present threat of institutionalization. Instead, she ran away from home at a young age, survived on the streets, and even managed to get herself through college. Today she lives independently. While Nobody Nowhere will be a breakthrough book for autistic people and their families, its poetic sensibility and extraordinary insights will make it inspired reading for anyone interested in the soul of the mind."
  • "Ce récit autobiographique est davantage un témoignage et une incursion dans le monde intérieur de l'autisme. L'auteure, parvenue à l'âge adulte et ayant fait quelques études universitaires, est capable de raconter ses années de jeunesse et de tenter une analyse de ses comportements considérés comme anormaux par plusieurs. [SDM]."
  • "Knew only that something was wrong with her, and she yearned to be "normal." It was not until three years ago, when Donna was twenty-five, that she discovered the word - autism - that would at last give her the opportunity to understand herself and to build a bridge to join the real world. Nobody Nowhere, Donna's extraordinary autobiography, is her attempt to come to terms with autism and is a vivid memoir of the titanic struggles she has endured in her quest to merge."@en

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  • "Autobiografické romány"
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Romány"
  • "Autobiografie"
  • "Autobiographies"
  • "Australské romány"
  • "Autobiographical novels"
  • "Australian fiction"
  • "Herinneringen (vorm)"

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  • "Nobody nowhere : [the remarkable autobiography of an autistic girl]"@en
  • "Nobody nowhere : the remarkable autobiography of an autistic girl"
  • "Nobody nowhere : the remarkable autobiography of an autistic girl"@en
  • "Nobody nowhere : the extraordinary autobiography of an autistic"@en
  • "Nobody nowhere : the extraordinary autobiography of an autistic"
  • "Nobody Nowhere"@en
  • "Nikt nigdzie : niezwykła autobiografia autystycznej dziewczyny"@pl
  • "Nobody nowhere"@en
  • "Nobody nowhere"
  • "Ŏdi edo amudo ŏpta"
  • "Si on me touche, je n'existe plus : le témoignage exceptionnel d'une jeune autiste"
  • "Kaneis sto pouthena : ē ekplēktikē autoviographia enos autistikou koritsiou"
  • "Nikdo nikde : nevšední životopis dívky s autismem"
  • "Ich könnte verschwinden, wenn du mich berührst Erinnerungen an eine autistische Kindheit"
  • "Ich könnte verschwinden, wenn du mich berührst : Erinnerungen an eine autistische Kindheit"
  • "어디에도아무도없다"
  • "Si on me touche je n'existe plus : le témoignage exceptionnel d'une jeune autiste"
  • "Ei kukaan ei missään : autistisen tytön ainutlaatuinen tarina"@fi
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  • "Nikdo nikde : nevšední životopis autistické dívky"
  • "Mijn wereld, de wereld"
  • "Nobody nowhere the remarkable autobiography of an autistic girl"@en
  • "Pēn khrai mačhāk nai kō̜ mairū = Nobody nowhere"
  • "Nobody nowhere : the extraordinary biography of an autistic"@en
  • "Nobody nowhere the extraordinary autobiography of an autistic"
  • "Nobody nowhere the extraordinary autobiography of an autistic"@en
  • "Si on me touche, je n'existe plus le témoignage exceptionnel d'une jeune autiste"
  • "เป็นใครมาจากไหนก็ไม่รู้ = Nobody nowhere"

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