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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Nobody Nowhere
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The first of four books in Donna's autie-biographical series, Nobody Nowhere is disturbing, eloquent and ticklishly funny.  It is an account of a soul of someone who lived the word 'autism' and survived abuse, trauma, neglect, exploitation despite intense inner chaos and incomprehension. 

Born into a 1960s dysfunctional underclass family rife with criminality, substance abuse and domestic violence, Donna starts out as a two year old diagnosed as psychotic at age 2, and grows up treated as mad, backward and disturbed and the child who 'will never be able to tell'.  But gaining functional speech by late childhood, Donna leaves home by 8 years old and is homeless by her teens in an exploitative world that can no more understand her than she can her users and abusers.  Nobody Nowhere is an epic story of survival against all odds.

(Source: author's website)

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Autism.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person (autobiography).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Doubleday ,
      1992 .
      image of person or book cover 1509990598467799861.png
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: xvii, 200 p.p.
      Description: ports.
      ISBN: 0385402988
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Jessica Kingsley Publishers ,
      1999 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 192p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 13 February 1999.
      ISBN: 9781853027185, 1853027189

Works about this Work

In Our Own Voices: 5 Australian Books about Living with Disability Jessica White , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 December 2020;
Anybody Anywhere? Christopher McCallum Eipper , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 40 no. 10 1996; (p. 24-30)
Chris Eipper discusses Donna Williams' presentation of self.
Anybody Anywhere? Christopher McCallum Eipper , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 40 no. 10 1996; (p. 24-30)
Chris Eipper discusses Donna Williams' presentation of self.
In Our Own Voices: 5 Australian Books about Living with Disability Jessica White , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 December 2020;
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