Description: "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.
Brief description:
Anand Prahlad is director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and the author of two books of poems, Hear My Song and Other Poems and As Good as Mango.
Review Quotes: "Readers won't easily forget this prismatic and powerful story of an atypical life."--Starred review "Booklist"