If you want a highly readable, informative and, dare say, entertaining telling of what a family, and a marriage especially, goes through when hit with autism spectrum disorders, look no further.
James Manishen, The Winnipeg Free Press
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Writers... show their capacity for greatness when they point their talent at something they love. Joel Yanofsky has done just that: written a marvellous book about a child he adores -- his son.
David Gilmour, author of The Film Club
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I love books where the author has the ability to make me laugh out loud one moment and fill up with tears the next. (Bad Animals) does all that, and more. It is reflective, touching, humorous and heartbreaking. It is a memoir about life, written by an extremely talented author.
Kelly Wilton, Montreal Families
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Joel Yanofsky has written a staggeringly painful and candid account of trying to cope with his son's autism.... an essential (story) for both parents of autistic kids and those would understand more about (autism).
The Sudbury Star
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Witty, serious, and touching, Mordecai & Me is the biography of an obsession. This book reminds us why Mordecai Richler aroused more complicated reactions than any other Canadian of our time.
Robert Fulford
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Bad Animals … offer(s) a sceptical, darkly humorous take on autism lacking in most of the literature out there…. I’d need a neck brace had I nodded every time Yanofsky described a situation I could relate to.
Emily Donaldson, The Globe and Mail
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A funny, deeply moving and refreshingly honest memoir of raising an autistic child.... (Bad Animals) manages to be both sardonically funny and heartfelt enough to draw tears, an immensely satisfying read for parents of disabled and non-disabled children alike.
Rene Bruemmer, The Montreal Gazette
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How do you parent an autistic child? In Bad Animals... Joel Yanofsky offers his answer to that question.... A refreshingly sober reflection on being the father of a high-functioning autistic 11-year-old.
Chatelaine
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(Joel) Yanofsky's journey from shock to denial, then acceptance to pride is an affecting one... you know that Bad Animals will have a great sequel.
The Montreal Review of Books
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This wonderful novel introduces a new fictional landscape: suburban, Anglophone Montreal. Life for its denizens is just a little different – distinct, one might say – and Jacob Glassman, witness and participant, is one of the most appealing characters I’ve met in years.
Sheila Fischman
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If you want a highly readable, informative and, dare say, entertaining telling of what a family, and a marriage especially, goes through when hit with autism spectrum disorders, look no further.
James Manishen, The Winnipeg Free Press
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Writers... show their capacity for greatness when they point their talent at something they love. Joel Yanofsky has done just that: written a marvellous book about a child he adores -- his son.
David Gilmour, author of The Film Club
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How do you parent an autistic child? In Bad Animals... Joel Yanofsky offers his answer to that question.... A refreshingly sober reflection on being the father of a high-functioning autistic 11-year-old.
Chatelaine
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I love books where the author has the ability to make me laugh out loud one moment and fill up with tears the next. (Bad Animals) does all that, and more. It is reflective, touching, humorous and heartbreaking. It is a memoir about life, written by an extremely talented author.
Kelly Wilton, Montreal Families
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Joel Yanofsky is a funny guy…. Homo Erectus is a humorous, poignant, honest look at what it’s like to be an end-of-the-millennium kind of guy, stuck in the transition from cave man to New Man.
Josh Freed
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About the Author
Joel Yanofsky is the author of four books, including Homo Erectus, a collection of comic essays, Jacob’s Ladder, a novel,