A new version of “Nobody Nowhere”
So we’ve just received the revised edition of Donna’s classic autobiography “Nobody Nowhere” from the publishers with an updated forward, some of the quotes about it on the back and one of Donna’s paintings, “Swing“, on the cover!
Donna originally wrote Nobody Nowhere was in 1990 and as it is considered a classic autobiography of a person with autism a lot of folks don’t realise that Donna never meant it to be published.
Nobody Nowhere was written in 4 weeks. I barely ate, washed or slept. I wrote the book as a goodbye and a last hope. My plan was to let just one person read it, then shred it and burn it then jump in front of a train. But life is rarely as simple as our plans. Instead of the confirmation of hopelessness I expected, I was thrown a challenge; to allow the book to help others. Instead of shredding it, it became copied and read by millions of people around the world. Instead of being burned, it spent 15 weeks on the New York times Bestseller list and shot to number 1 in US, Canada, Japan, and Norway and got translated into over 20 languages worldwide.
The book is still in print and still selling almost two decades later!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I love the new cover; it’s ethereal and does the book justice. I first read a hardback version of the book in late 2002, added the JKP reprint to my library in 2005 and also own a 1992 paperback edition.
A modern literary classic.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:34 am
These beautiful words of Donna’s could have been written on toilet paper or a trash bag and would be the most moving words in a book I have ever read in my life, and I love to read. Her wondrous voice and art amaze me. I purchased the paperback and then the hardcover edition as I want to keep it forever. I will read it often.
July 20th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Thank you Donna, for allowing your autobiography to be made public. For nearly 30 years, I have asked medical specialists “Why does my son (Autistic catatonia) do these strange things, Why does he not do other things? What is wrong with him? Donnas book, Nobody Nowhere has produced answers for me when the medical team could not. She allows my son a voice through her words, as he is verbally challenged. Donna, your words have helped me.
October 27th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
“These beautiful words of Donna’s could have been written on toilet paper or a trash bag and would be the most moving words in a book I have ever read in my life, and I love to read”.
that’s gotta be one of the funkiest quotes I ever got