Helpful Score: 2
First best part of the story -- it's not the end. There's a sequel: The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen. Just came out -- also good.
Second best -- this is a book about the power of story, and very much about the bewildering situation of stepping outside of (to you, perhaps to everybody) arbitrary rules for behavior. What do you do once you've breached the line, put yourself outside, become the 'wierd thing'?
Neef has one of many excellent answers. Ever since I read it back when it came out and people ask me what it's like to be an adult person with autism in today's society -- "You have to assume that you aren't going to fit in, and do an awful lot of thinking, but you can indeed love and be loved, protect and be protected, and in general find yourself part of the story from here on in."
That's Neef's story -- a very witty allegory.
Nick B
Second best -- this is a book about the power of story, and very much about the bewildering situation of stepping outside of (to you, perhaps to everybody) arbitrary rules for behavior. What do you do once you've breached the line, put yourself outside, become the 'wierd thing'?
Neef has one of many excellent answers. Ever since I read it back when it came out and people ask me what it's like to be an adult person with autism in today's society -- "You have to assume that you aren't going to fit in, and do an awful lot of thinking, but you can indeed love and be loved, protect and be protected, and in general find yourself part of the story from here on in."
That's Neef's story -- a very witty allegory.
Nick B
