The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological

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The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness

The poignant story of a boyâ€™s coming-of-age complicated by Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that makes people biologically incapable of distrust.

What would it be like to see everyone as a friend? Twelve-year-old Eli Dâ€™Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions, making him irrepressibly friendly, indiscriminately trusting, and unconditionally loving toward everyone he meets. It also makes him enormously vulnerable. Eli lacks the innate skepticism that will help his peers navigate adolescence more safelyâ€”and vastly more successfully.

Journalist Jennifer Latson follows Eli over three critical years of his life as his mother, Gayle, must decide whether to shield Eli entirely from the world and its dangers or give him the freedom to find his own way and become his own person.

By intertwining Eli and Gayleâ€™s story with the science and history of Williams syndrome, the book explores the genetic basis of behavior and the quirks of human nature. More than a case study of a rare disorder, however, The Boy Who Loved Too Much is a universal tale about the joys and struggles of raising a child, of growing up, and of being different.

Country	USA
Author	Jennifer Latson
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781476774060
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfPages	305
PublicationDate	2017-06-20
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2017-06-20
Studio	Simon & Schuster

The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness

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