Invisible Differences: A Story of Aspergers, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Graphic Novels, Manga & Comics, Graphic Novels & Graphic Non-Fiction
Hardback Published on: 03/11/2020
£17.99
Synopsis
Meet Marguerite. She feels awkward, struggling everyday to stay productive at work and keep up appearances with friends. She'ssensitive, irritable at times. She makes her environment a fluffy, comfortingcocoon, alienating her boyfriend. The everyday noise and stimuli assaults hersenses, the constant chatter of her coworkers working her last nerve. Then, whenone big fight with her boyfriend finds her frustrated and dejected, Margueritefinally investigates the root of her discomfort: after a journey of toughconversations with her loved ones, doctors, and the internet, she discovers thatshe has Aspergers. Her life is profoundly changed – for thebetter.
- Publisher: Oni Press,US
- ISBN: 9781620107669
- Number of pages: 200
- Weight: 835g
- Dimensions: 254 x 203 x 25 mm
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A Good Guide but has issues.
This book is told in the third person for some reason, by a narrator who revealed later. It felt alienating as an Autistic person. Not sure of the choice. ... READ MORE
A stunning, must read story about an autistic woman learning who she is
Invisible Differences is the story of Marguerite, a woman who is a little different. She finds solace in being at home with her pets, in her comfortable an... READ MORE
A very raw story about how AS affects life
As someone who's very interested in the topic of the Autism Spectrum, the title itself made me hope the book would be about it. And thankfully, it is.
Know... READ MORE
Beautiful story and beautiful illustrations
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
This is the story of a woman living a life where she feel... READ MORE
Excellent
This was great. Marguerite receives the diagnosis of Aspergers as an adult and finds that finally figuring out why all her life she has always felt so awkw... READ MORE
Lovely read
This is a lovely opportunity for most neurotypicals to learn about Asperger’s and autism.
I loved that this was in a graphic novel format which makes it e... READ MORE