Name: Great and Unfortunate Things
SKU: 64822379
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Author: Jason Arday
ISBN: 9781398542747

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Simon and Schuster

Autor

Jason Arday

Año

2026

N° páginas

336

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

23.4x15.3 cm

ISBN13

9781398542747

Great and Unfortunate Things

Jason Arday (Autor) · Simon and Schuster · Tapa Dura

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With the power of Educated and the emotional sweep of When Breath Becomes Air, Great and Unfortunate Things is the inspiring, underdog story of how an autistic, non-verbal boy who society had all but given up on found his voice, literally and figuratively, became one of the youngest professors in the University of Cambridge’s history, and put himself in a position to give back.

Jason Arday was born the second youngest of three boys and grew up in a colourful and lively area of South London. At three years old, he was diagnosed with autism and development delays. Experts told his parents that he would never be able to speak, write, or live independently. An institution would best serve his needs, it was suggested.

His parents would have none of it. Instead, thinking outside the box and drawing on her faith, his extraordinary mother Giff embraced his neurodivergence and fiercely dedicated herself to helping her son realise a potential few others believed was possible. Giff drew on proverbs from her West African culture, popular music by the likes of Enya, and comedic television shows and movies to help Jason make sense of the world.

In Great and Unfortunate Things, we see how Arday went from being non-verbal until he was eleven and illiterate until eighteen to becoming a professor at Cambridge. Without romanticising the struggle, it’s a story of a son’s determination against insurmountable odds, and how his family and a band of ordinary people with extraordinary compassion joined forces to encourage Jason to believe in himself and maximise his capabilities.

This is the story we need right now, and Arday, who believes in paying it forward, is the kind of figure the world can use more of now more than ever.