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Thursday Night at the Mall
Movies, Books, Music, and Asperger's Syndrome
This book is available to read until 31st December, 2025
- 264 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 31 Dec |Learn more
About this book
Author Robert L. Seltzer’s second memoir examines a complicated father-son relationship as Seltzer learns how to be a father to a son with Asperger’s. The text presents two different timelines: the first captures a year in the life of father Robert and adult son Chris as they navigate their relationship and find ways to connect through movies, books, and music; the second timeline follows father and son from Chris’s birth through the trial of diagnosis until the timelines meet up in the present day. Seltzer describes himself as “a man fleeing his demons” and his son as “a boy still wrestling his.” This beautifully written memoir is a raw and honest look at a struggle many families will relate to.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- A Note on the Text
- Introduction: The Search for Identity
- Chapter 1: It’s a Wonderful Life
- Chapter 2: Unearthing the Past
- Chapter 3: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Chapter 4: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Chapter 5: Diagnosis: Mentally Retarded
- Chapter 6: The Rejects
- Chapter 7: The Princess Bride
- Chapter 8: A New Arrival
- Chapter 9: Romeo and Juliet
- Chapter 10: Chris at the Altar
- Chapter 11: Kate and Leopold
- Chapter 12: The Accusation
- Chapter 13: P.S. I Love You
- Chapter 14: The Punishment
- Chapter 15: More Rejects
- Chapter 16: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Chapter 17: Leaving Jersey
- Chapter 18: The Usual Suspects
- Chapter 19: Heading Home
- Chapter 20: More Rejects
- Chapter 21: The Suicide Kings
- Chapter 22: The Birthdays
- Chapter 23: No More Thursday Nights
- Chapter 24: Back Home
- Chapter 25: Limburger Cheese
- Chapter 26: On to High School
- Chapter 27: A Different Kind of Movie Night
- Chapter 28: Del Valle
- Chapter 29: The BFG
- Chapter 30: Chris Makes It; We Make It
- Chapter 31: Pete’s Dragon
- Chapter 32: From Cartoon to Opera
- Chapter 33: Beyond Thursday Night
- Chapter 34: In a Foreign Country
- Chapter 35: He Named Me Malala
- Chapter 36: Julie Reappears
- Chapter 37: No Movie
- Chapter 38: Dr. R
- Chapter 39: The Jungle Book
- Chapter 40: Learning from Dr. R
- Chapter 41: Brooklyn
- Chapter 42: Leaving Florida
- Chapter 43: Belonging
- Chapter 44: Regaining a voice
- Chapter 45: Home Alone
- Chapter 46: The Best and the Worst
- Chapter 47: Standing Up
- Chapter 48: Amy
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author