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"Dr. Spock? Check. Penelope Ann Leach (remember her?)?Check. What to Expect When You#x19;re Expecting? Check. I had aseven hundred dollar Bellini crib for God#x19;s sake! I was perfect. And sowas Mia when she was born . . ." ...and so begins Kim Stagliano#x19;s electrifying and hilarious memoirof her family#x19;s journey raising three daughters with autism.In these stories, Stagliano has joined the ranks of David Sedarisand Augusten Burroughs with her amazing ability to lay everythingon the table-from family, friends, and enemies to basementfloods to birthdays to (possible) heroin addictions-evisceratingand celebrating the absurd. From her love of Howard Stern toher increasing activism in the autism community and exhaustivesearch for treatments that will help her daughters, she covers it all.Always outspoken, often touching, and sometimes heartbreaking,Kim Stagliano is a powerful new voice in comedic writing-her#x1C;Kimoir#x1D; (as she calls it) will be a must-read within the autismcommunity and the literary world at large.

Acknowledgments	p. v
Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Well, How Did I Get Here?	p. 4
Chinese Food Always Leaves Me Hungry	p. 14
When Did You First Know?	p. 19
Sex Time!	p. 32
Howard Stern Every Day	p. 34
Always on Our Toes	p. 40
Bella's Birthday Blues	p. 43
What Does Autism Look Like?	p. 48
A Career Takes Root	p. 58
It's a Small World. But a Big Hotel	p. 63
Now Entering the Age of Autism	p. 72
The Autism Marriage: Soul Mates or Cell Mates?	p. 82
A Paper Mitten on the Giving Tree	p. 88
New Word: The Stagtastrophe	p. 92
The Things We Do for Love	p. 99
The Little Green House	p. 107
The Middle Child	p. 117
Up, Up, and Away	p. 125
Don't Ask. Don't Tell	p. 131
Another Night in the Holiday Inn Express	p. 139
Does Heroin Feel This Good?	p. 146
Dr.Wakefield and the Anti-Vaxxers	p. 151
Mother Superior	p. 166
Beef: It's What's for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner	p. 173
You've Got to Fertilize the Roses	p. 178
My Turn	p. 189
References	p. 195
Glossary of Terms	p. 196
Author's Note	p. 198
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