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Love Ya, Mean It

A Memoir of Parenthood, Autism, and Unconditional Love

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By Connor Tomlinson

By Lise Smith

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On Sale
Mar 9, 2027
Page Count
256 pages
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-13
9781538786581

Price

$30.00

Price

$40.00 CAD

Format

  1. ebook
  2. Audiobook Download (Unabridged)

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  3. Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $24.99

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In this empowering and hopeful memoir, Love on the Spectrum stars Lise Smith and Connor Tomlinson share their unfiltered personal experience to provide a roadmap for neurodiverse families.

When Love on the Spectrum star Connor Tomlinson was diagnosed with autism at age five, his mother Lise felt the life she imagined for her son transform before her eyes. She’d worked with neurodivergent children for several years and knew the long road ahead of them well. 

In LOVE YA, MEAN IT, Connor and Lise bring readers into their world, sharing their own experiences so that readers might better understand what they’ve been through and what an autism diagnosis could mean for their own loved ones. From Lise’s professional experience working with neurodivergent children, to how Connor’s diagnosis shaped both their trajectories, this book provides both poignant and joyful insights into what it means to be a neurodiverse family. 

Genre:

  • Biography & Memoir
  • |
  • Biography & Autobiography Disability

Connor Tomlinson is the sharp, funny, fan-favorite from Netflix's Emmy-winning Love on the Spectrum. A young adult living with Level 1 Autism, he brings light and joy to his large blended family and to audiences with his dry wit, well-timed sarcasm, and thoughtful observation. When he isn't reading, watching films, or practicing a new phrase, he's hanging with his Pomeranian Coco.

Lise Smith is the warm, witty mother of four that viewers met on Love on the Spectrum. She now co-hosts the candid podcast "Talk to Me Sis," created to be the voice she wished she could have heard twenty years ago.

 

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Connor Tomlinson

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Connor Tomlinson is the sharp, funny, fan-favorite from Netflix's Emmy-winning Love on the Spectrum. A young adult living with Level 1 Autism, he brings light and joy to his large blended family and to audiences with his dry wit, well-timed sarcasm, and thoughtful observation. When he isn't reading, watching films, or practicing a new phrase, he's hanging with his Pomeranian Coco.

Lise Smith is the warm, witty mother of four that viewers met on Love on the Spectrum. She now co-hosts the candid podcast "Talk to Me Sis," created to be the voice she wished she could have heard twenty years ago.

 

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