Normal Sucks : How to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the Lines

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 256 pages

Publisher:St Martin's Press

Imprint:Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.

ISBN:9781250771261

Published: 1 Jan 2021

Classifications:The self, ego, identity, personality, Advice on careers & achieving success

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:300g

Dimensions:208 x 135 x 19.05 (mm)

Pub. Country:United States

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

書籍簡介

喬納森·穆尼將奇聞軼事、專業知識和回憶錄糅合在一起，呈現出一種新的思考方式，即我們如何生活和學習——獨立的、獨特的、對每一種大腦和身體都有優勢和好處。穆尼被診斷患有誦讀困難症和多動症，直到12歲才開始學習閲讀。作為一個神經系統多樣化的孩子，穆尼意識到問題並不是他自己——而是系統和正常的概念——拯救了他的生命，並從根本上改變了他的看法。在這裏，他探討了“不正常”給孩子和成人帶來的代價:當他們被困在一個給他們貼上標籤、羞辱他們、甚至以微妙的方式告訴他們，他們才是問題所在的環境中。

但是，他認為，如果我們能夠重新定位我們看待多樣性、能力和殘疾的方式，我們就可以開始一場革命。穆尼是一位備受追捧的演説家，近二十年來，他一直用自己的故事和信息鼓舞着聽眾。現在，他準備把他從父母、教育者、研究人員和孩子身上學到的東西寫進這本書裏。這本書既是一本生存指南，也是對行動的呼籲。

這本書富有洞察力，激勵人心——這本書以感人的方式框定了他寫給自己年幼的兒子們的信，他們努力在這個世界上尋找自己的道路——這本書將顛覆我們所謂的“正常”，賦予我們所有人力量。

Jonathan Mooney blends anecdote, expertise, and memoir to present a new mode of thinking about how we live and learn - individually, uniquely, and with advantages and upshots to every type of brain and body. As a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD who didn't learn to read until he was twelve, the realisation that that he wasn't the problem - the system and the concept of normal were - saved Mooney's life and fundamentally changed his outlook. Here he explores the toll that being not normal takes on kids and adults when they're trapped in environments that label them, shame them, and tell them, even in subtle ways, that they are the problem.

But, he argues, if we can reorient the ways in which we think about diversity, abilities, and disabilities, we can start a revolution. A highly sought after public speaker, Mooney has been inspiring audiences with his story and his message for nearly two decades. Now he's ready to share what he's learned from parents, educators, researchers, and kids in a book that is as much a survival guide as it is a call to action.

Whip-smart, insightful, and utterly inspiring - and movingly framed as a letter to his own young sons, as they work to find their ways in the world - this book will upend what we call normal and empower us all.

媒體推薦

“作為重新評估殘疾和心理健康的入門讀物，它是無價的，也是對成長過程中感覺不同的探索，它是令人難以置信的宣泄。”——Vanity Fair

“喬納森·穆尼(Jonathan Mooney)被人類美麗的魔力所感動。他的經驗和才華給了他一個獨特的視角，對生活在線下的人有一種真誠、感人的欣賞，並激勵我們去質疑那些束縛我們的無聊習俗。我願意跟着他到任何地方。”——喬治·霍奇曼，《Bettyville》的作者

“這是一份緊迫的、個人的、姍姍來遲的宣言，反對任何形式的正常暴力。正常不是問題所在，而是專制。”——Seth Godin，《This is Marketing》的作者

"As an accessible primer on reassessing disability and mental health, it’s invaluable, and as an exploration of what it’s like to grow up feeling different, it’s incredibly cathartic."―Vanity Fair

“Jonathan Mooney is touched by beautiful human magic. His experience and talent have given him a unique perspective and a genuine, moving appreciation of those who live outside the lines and inspiring us to question the boring conventions that restrain us. I’d follow him just about anywhere.”―George Hodgman, author of Bettyville

"An urgent, personal and long overdue manifesto against the tyranny of normal, whatever that it is. Normal isn't the problem, it's the tyranny."―Seth Godin, author of This is Marketing

作者簡介

喬納森·穆尼的研究成果被《紐約時報》、《洛杉磯時報》、《芝加哥論壇報》、《今日美國》、HBO、NPR、ABC新聞、《紐約雜誌》、《華盛頓郵報》和《波士頓環球報》報道，他繼續在全國範圍內講述神經和身體多樣性，激勵着那些生活在差異中並倡導改變的人。他是《短線巴士》的作者，也是《線外學習》的作者。

Jonathan Mooney’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, HBO, NPR, ABC News, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and he continues to speak across the nation about neurological and physical diversity, inspiring those who live with differences and advocating for change. He is the author of The Short Bus and Learning Outside the Lines.