Exiting nirvana : a daughter's life with autism / Clara Claiborne Park ; foreword by Oliver Sacks.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2002.

xiv, 225 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

First Back Bay paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Oliver Sacks -- Talking -- "That is not sound" -- "When the time comes" -- "Guess what!" -- Thinking -- "All different kind of days" -- "When I ten, that minus one!" -- "The hangman hangs by the clothespin because of new politeness" -- Painting -- "The sky is purple-black" -- Living -- "Because can tell by the face" -- "I guess Darth Vader learned from consequences! Like me!" -- "Guess what! Some of the people at work are my friends!" -- Valedictory -- Jessy's Descriptions of Some of Her Paintings.