Critical Praise

"This is a truly beautiful and powerful book. Karl Greenfeld has written his own angle on the story of his autistic brother Noah, made famous in the works of their father Josh Greenfeld. Karl turns his sibling saga into a lyrical exploration of love, mystery, family, and what makes us human. He also dances around hope and reality, fact and fiction, in a way that will startle you. The result is a masterpiece of literature and memory that will leave you breathless."

—Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

"A vivid, compelling, painfully honest sibling story. My heart went out to Karl. I couldn’t put this book down."

—Rachel Simon, author of Riding The Bus With My Sister

"Recent autism memoirs range from accounts of strenuous ‘healing’ to reflection on accepting the condition. Such a reaction isn’t found in Greenfeld’s book…Karl resolves the conflict he sets up…with a surprise twist that may remind some readers of ‘The Sixth Sense.’"

—Polly Morrice, New York Times Book Review

"Karl Taro Greenfeld grows from child to boy to man, variously resisting and succumbing to the force of his brother’s autism. The reader has no choice but to take the same emotional, heartwarming, tragic, comic, frustrating, loving, painful, uplifting journey."

—Paul A. Offit, author of Autism's False Prophets