Boy Who Felt Too Much

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First English-language Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wagner, Lorenz, author.

Title: The boy who felt too much : how a renowned neuroscientist and his son changed our view of autism forever / Lorenz Wagner ; translated from the German by Leon Dische Becker.

Other titles: Junge, der zu viel fühlte. English

Description: First English-language edition. | New York : Arcade Publishing, [2019]

Identifiers: LCCN 2019026513 (print) | LCCN 2019026514 (ebook) | ISBN 9781948924788 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781948924795 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Markram, Henry. | Parents of autistic children—Germany—Biography. | Autistic children—Germany—Family relationships—Biography. | Fathers and sons. | Brain—Research.

Classification: LCC RJ506.A9 W33313 2019 (print) | LCC RJ506.A9 (ebook) | DDC 618.92/858820092 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019026513

Cover design by Erin Seaward-Hiatt

Cover photograph courtesy of the Markram family

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