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‘When I grow up I want to have Colin Thompson’s life. A most glorious bittersweet soup; eccentric, irreverent, philosophical, nourishing and utterly fascinating. The minutia of his rich and varied life is as profound as it is funny. A confirmed and proud If you, or your Aspie, Colin’s life testifies that those with Asperger’s can have rich friends or and rewarding lives with a fecundity that so often exceeds the norm.’ relations, have Adam Elliot, animator, writer, director and producer of films including ever felt that you Mary and Max and the Academy Award-winning Harvie Krumpet do not fit in this ‘Thompson’s vividly told autobiography celebrates this unique world, then this man’s life with wonderful photos, artwork and brilliant stream-of- book will tell you consciousness writing that reminds me of happy-go-lucky soap how one person bubbles popping in spurts of bright bits and colours, eloquent and survived it all. shiny, ever-alluring and compelling in their rainbow brilliance even Colin Thompson has worked as a silk-screen printer, a when the narratives are indeed sad and tragic. Fitting In is a most graphic designer, a potter, a astoundingly brilliant autobiography.’ Take one small boy, add stage manager in the theatre Liane Holliday Willey, author of Pretending to be Normal manic depression, three and a film maker, but never and Safety Skills for Asperger Women wives, three daughters, as a lumberjack in Canada or two divorces, amazing a sailor on a tramp-steamer ‘Fitting in is always the huge challenge for an Aspie. Here is a creative talent, and in the South Seas.* He is the journey that is honest, enlightening, moving and full of laughter. I Asperger’s syndrome. In this author and illustrator of over 70 really could not put it down. A must-read!’ memoir, Colin Thompson published books. Colin lives in invites you to explore Australia with his wife, Anne. Gillian Helfgott, author of Love You to Bits and his almost-unbelievable Pieces: Life with David Helfgott life from past to present, *Career choices denied him due to ‘Quirky, funny, sometimes painful, sometimes joyful and above all though not necessarily an astigmatism and sea-sickness. honest, Fitting In by Colin Thompson is a moving memoir of being in that order. Filled with different in a conformist post-war world.’ family photographs and mesmerising illustrations Susan Dunne, author of A Pony in the Bedroom drawn by the author, prepare to step inside the life and mind of an extraordinary man. Jessica Kingsley Publishers Jessica Kingsley Publishers 73 Collier Street London N1 9BE, UK 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA JKP www.jkp.com www.jkp.com JKP E verything in this book is true. Some of it is seen through rose-tinted glasses, some of it through dirty windows grey with smoke and tears and cobwebs, but all of it happened. Things are not necessarily in the order they happened, because where they are just seems to be the right place for them. You might think some things are just too unbelievable or funny or silly to be true, but every tiny detail really did happen. The beginning is not the beginning. It is the first page because I really like the first sentence and I want it to be the first one in this book. Deya – Mallorca 1968 I was sitting on the terrace of Robert Graves’ house with his wife Beryl. ‘Remember this,’ Beryl said. ‘One day this will be your Good Old Days.’ I used to wish that Beryl had been my mother.* * Over the years there were several people I wished were my mother. My mother was never one of them. 2 Foreword T he term Asperger’s syndrome describes someone who has a different way of perceiving, thinking, learning and relating. This can lead to remarkable creativity and talent in fine art, imagination and sense of humour. Colin Thompson exemplifies all of these qualities. His autobiography is engaging and informative, but is also itself a work of art. As you read his autobiography, you will be enthralled by his abilities as an artist, gain insight into the world as experienced by someone who has Asperger’s syndrome, and also enjoy his great sense of humour. Tony Attwood 3 My Family Tree. Not so much a fine Old English Oak as a copse of mixed provenance.
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