{"product_id":"the-ride-together-a-brother-and-sisters-memoir-of-autism-in-the-family-9780743423373","title":"The Ride Together: A Brother and Sister's Memoir of Autism in the Family","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe looked like a cup of human fruit cocktail dumped onto the top of the house, each piece different but all out of the same can.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e So begins a book unlike any other, half comics and half text, about a family that lives with autism -- and the strange life that is ordinary to them. \u003cbr\u003e The oldest son, David, recites Superman episodes as he walks around the living room. A late-night family poker game spirals into a fog-driven duel. A thug from an old black-and-white rerun crawls out of the television. A housekeeper transforms into an avenging angel. A broken plate signals a terrible change in the family that none of them can prevent...until it's too late. \u003cbr\u003e This groundbreaking work was excerpted in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e for its ability to honestly, eloquently, and respectfully set forth what life is like with autism in the family. What sets \u003ci\u003eThe Ride Together\u003c\/i\u003e apart is its combination of imagination and realism -- its vision of a family's inner world -- with David at the center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Karasik'\u003c\/b\u003es work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNickelodeon\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. A former associate editor of Art Spiegelman's \u003ci\u003eRAW, \u003c\/i\u003e he is cocreator of the prize-winning graphic adaptation of Paul Auster's \u003ci\u003eCity of Glass.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudy Karasik, \u003c\/b\u003e an editor, writer, and consultant for foundations, nonprofits, and government, was a judge for the National Book Award in Poetry and the National Endowment for the Arts Prose Panel. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556375040274,"sku":"9780743423373","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_99728f1d-4c9e-4b59-93be-6cc56b397f6c.jpg?v=1731752995","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ride-together-a-brother-and-sisters-memoir-of-autism-in-the-family-9780743423373","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}