{"product_id":"sibling","title":"Sibling","description":"The memoir, The Sibling, is based on the author’s experience growing up as the sister of a brother who was diagnosed with autism in 1975, a new term for the time, and how her misfit family navigated the early years of diagnosis. After writing more than 40 memoirs and biographies for others as a ghost writer, Jools decided it was about time she wrote her own, and after meeting other Siblings at an event, decided the time was now. The Sibling is written from a childhood perspective. A solo child whose world is irrevocably altered by the arrival of a changeling, a baby brother who is different from other brothers. The book is about their childhood, growing up in a close, yet separate, relationship during the 1970s and ‘80s. Autism is sometimes described as sensory overload, so the book is thematically organised into that area of experience; Sight and sound - holidays and rain on the caravan roof. Taste - food, home for lunch. Touch and smell - school and play, relationships, diagnosis, the psychologist and a sibling leaving home. The memoir navigates Jools'' Northern, working-class background and misfit family, exploring sibling identity and definition through shared family life. It is a book of place, class and time, written with humour and heart.","brand":"Troubador Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58451816251727,"sku":"9781806347339","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/sibling","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}