Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 1594487731 9781594487736 [US]

Riverhead Books, Date: 2010-10-14. Hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. 2010. Riverhead Books ISBN 1594487731 9781594487736 [US]

Penguin Publishing Group, Date: 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2010. Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 1594487731 9781594487736 [US]

ISBN10: 1594487731, ISBN13: 9781594487736, [publisher: Riverhead Hardcover] Hardcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]

ISBN10: 1594487731, ISBN13: 9781594487736, [publisher: Riverhead Books, New York] Softcover CF5 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A true story of family, face blindness, and forgiveness. 8.25"x5.5", 356 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Heather Sellers is face-blind-that is, she has prosopagnosia, a rare neurological condition that prevents her from reliably recognizing people's faces. Growing up, unaware of the reason for her perpetual confusion and anxiety, she took what cues she could from speech, hairstyle, and gait. But she sometimes kissed a stranger, thinking he was her boyfriend, or failed to recognize even her own father and mother. She feared she must be crazy. Yet it was her mother who nailed windows shut and covered them with blankets, made her daughter walk on her knees to spare the carpeting, had her practice secret words to use in the likely event of abduction. Her father went on weeklong "fishing trips" (aka benders), took in drifters, wore panty hose and bras under his regular clothes. Heather clung to a barely coherent story of a "normal" childhood in order to survive the one she had. That fairy tale unraveled two decades later when Heather took the man she would marry home to meet her parents and began to discover the truth about her family and about herself. As she came at last to trust her own perceptions, she learned the ...
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New York Riverhead Books 2010 Paperback Very Good. No Jacket as Issued CF5-An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A true story of family, face blindness, and forgiveness. 8.25"x5.5", 356 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Heather Sellers is face-blind-that is, she has prosopagnosia, a rare neurological condition that prevents her from reliably recognizing people's faces. Growing up, unaware of the reason for her perpetual confusion and anxiety, she took what cues she could from speech, hairstyle, and gait. But she sometimes kissed a stranger, thinking he was her boyfriend, or failed to recognize even her own father and mother. She feared she must be crazy. Yet it was her mother who nailed windows shut and covered them with blankets, made her daughter walk on her knees to spare the carpeting, had her practice secret words to use in the likely event of abduction. Her father went on weeklong "fishing trips" (aka benders), took in drifters, wore panty hose and bras under his regular clothes. Heather clung to a barely coherent story of a "normal" childhood in order to survive the one she had. That fairy tale unraveled two decades later when Heather took the man she would marry home to meet her parents and began to discover the truth about her family and about herself. As she came at last to trust her own perceptions, she learned the gift of perspective: that embracing the past as it is allows us ...

Riverhead Books, Date: 2010-10-14. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2010. Riverhead Books ISBN 1594487731 9781594487736 [US]