From the author of the viral New York Times op-ed column ‘To Siri with Love’ comes a assortment of touching, hilarious, and illuminating stories about life with a thirteen-year-old boy with autism that hold insights and revelations for all of us all.

When Judith Newman shared the storyplot of how Apple’s electronic personal assistant, Siri, helped Gus, her son that has autism, she received widespread media interest and an outpouring of affection from readers around the world. Basking in the afterglow of about To Siri with Like: A Mother, her Autistic Boy, and the Kindness of Machines mass media attention, Gus informed anyone who would listen, ‘I’m a celeb.’

Judith’s story of her son and his bond with Siri was an unusual tribute to technology. Even though many worry our digital gadgets are dumbing us down, she revealed how they are able to give tone of voice to others, including kids with autism like Gus-a son who has difficulty looking people in the attention, hops when he’s content, and connects with inanimate items with an empathetic level.

To Siri with Like is a assortment of funny, poignant, and uplifting tales about coping with an extraordinary kid that has helped a parent see and experience the globe differently. From the charming (Gus weeping with sympathy on the buses that could lie unused as the bus motorists were on hit) to the painful (paying $22,000 for the behaviorist in Manhattan to instruct Gus to use a urinal) towards the funny (Gus’s insistence on obtaining nude during all foods, whether in the home or not really, because he does not want to get his clothes dirty) towards the profound (how an automated ‘associate’ helped a boy understand how to talk to all of those other world), the tales directly into Siri with Love open our eyes to the magic and challenges of a existence beyond the normal.