Donna T. (realtrgrl3) reviewed on 6/29/2012 + 77 more book reviews

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I really enjoyed reading this. It's very different from his brother's books, not so much harsh language and blatant gay sex descriptions, thank goodness. Because of Asperger's John Elder was frequently judged to be dumb. This book proves just the opposite. He has a brain. He has feelings. He did succeed. He did learn social cues and graces. He was very aware when others were making fun of him....

This book is helpful for all those that deal with kids or themselves who are different in any way. There seems to be a large crop of boys growing up these days who fall thru the cracks, don't seem to "get it" very quickly, are rather unmotivated, YET - they aren't retarded, mental, slow. They just deal with things differently, at a different pace. As a parent of one such young man, I found this book extremely interesting.

The story of his childhood is heart rending.

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