To Siri with Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of Machines - Softcover

"Newman is a gifted personal essayist, her warmth and wit recalling Nora Ephron's. The result is a bracingly honest chronicle of life alongside an autistic family member. For the many parents raising children with autism, the book offers both empathy and comic relief. But readers of all backgrounds will find it just as engaging.... To Siri With Love is above all a close and wise portrait, Newman's love letter not to technology but to her son."--Washington Post

"An uncommonly riotous and moving book... powerfully wrought... what you'll get with this small memoir: whipsaws of brilliant zingers and heart punches that make it distinctive among the fast-growing library of autism lit."--Ron Suskind, New York Times

"Writing with wit, humor, and effervescent honesty, Newman charts her history with twin sons who became distinctly different even prior to their first birthdays.... A powerful and heartfelt 'slice of life' tale."--Kirkus

"Newman shares her sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always insightful and upbeat recollections.... A positive yet honest look into one family's journey with autism."--Library Journal

"To Siri with Love is a beautifully honest and illuminating love letter to Gus, your typical atypical nonneurotypical human." --Jon Stewart

"A moving and witty memoir with a big heart."--Nigella Lawson

"Unique, moving, and entertaining."--Bustle

"This warm series of stories offers a glimpse of what it's like to parent a child who has a touch of magic in his soul."--Good Housekeeping

"Judith Newman redefines maternal love ...The book is part Operating Instructions, part love letter to both her son and technology, and a totally engrossing read. Resistance is futile. Cancel your plans when you pick up this book because you'll want to read it cover to cover."--Annabelle Gurwitch, writer/actor

"By turns hilarious and compassionate, To Siri with Love is one of the most moving books about modern parenthood ever written."--Laura Zigman, author of Animal Husbandry