the curious incident of the dog in the night-time - mark haddon
A beautifully written book about a young autistic boy - Christopher John Francis Boone. He is a mathematical genius and likes order in everything around him but he's desperately lacking in any kind of social skills - just being in a place with lots of people makes him sick. He is infact writing this book and Mark Haddon has beautifully captured his thoughts and ideas. The book is saddening at times but uplifting and inspiring at others. There are a lot of books about people who've overcome life's challenges but I really like this one for it's very unique perspective and presentation.
But in life you have to take lots of decisions and if you don't take decisions you would never do anything because you would spend all your time choosing between things you could do.
posted by Vinay @ 9:32 PM
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almost like catcher in the rye ......... aint it
j.
Vinay, How have you been?
Have a cousin who got an autistic son. He def is extremely intelligent, but lack social skills. Would love to read this book. I am reading this book called 'MindLess Eating', which is def a good book on Food. I love that flowless way of writing with nice sense of humor. Never was a big fan of Food, Diet related books, but this is indeed a different one (atleast to me)! So many lil things we vent noticed.
And before tht I read this amazing book- Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. Tht was ONE BOOK. May be you might have read it all, but if you have not, do grab it sometime. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Talk to you soon :)
Reem
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