The movie tie-in edition of Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin has just been announced! It will pub in January, just in time for the HBO movie, Temple Grandin, airing in February. It has a star studded cast, with Claire Danes (as Temple Grandin), Julia Ormond, Catherine O’Hara, and David Strathairn.
NEW HBO TIE-IN EDITION will feature key art from the film
“Extraordinary, unprecedented. . . . A deeply moving and fascinating book.” —Oliver Sacks
“There are innumerable astounding facets to this remarkable book.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A uniquely fascinating view. . . with insights that can only be called wisdom.” —Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don’t Understand
Temple Grandin is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism. Writing from the dual perspectives of scientist and autistic person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function and excel in the outside world.
