Isabel's World Subclass Code_705G We all know Oprah Winfrey

We all know Oprah Winfrey as a talk-show host

with the insiders getting ahead and the outsiders stumbling along through trial and error

The Eighth Girl is an omnivorous examination of life with mental illness and the acute trauma of living in a misogynist world

With a preface by David Rieff

Isabel's World Subclass Code_705G We all know Oprah WinfreyWhen the author's daughter Isabel was diagnosed with autism in 1994, he knew nothing about it. Driven to learn more about this dramatic increase, he sets forth on a journey around the world and makes a surprising discovery about the autism epidemic that would change both his understanding of the disorder and his relationship with his daughter.