A Normal Family: Everyday Adventures with our Autistic Son by Henry Normal and Angela Pell

Description

A wonderful self-portrait of a family with autism at its heart. Johnny is nineteen. He likes music, art and going to the beach, but he is also autistic – in his case that means he will probably never get a job, never have a girlfriend, never leave home. And over the last two decades this is what his parents have been trying to come to terms with.  The book is about how his father, Henry, grieved for the life that Johnny isn’t able to have – and learnt to celebrate the one that he does.

Henry Normal was born in St. Ann’s, Nottingham and has a beer and a bus named after him in his home city.