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"Profound and essential. Laura James generously allows us to envison the
world through her eyes, as the mundane is infused with a synesthetic beauty. A
testament to the aspects of autism that are so rarely appreciated."
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--John Elder Robison, author of the New York Times bestseller Look Me in the Eye
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--Eileen Cronin, author of Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience
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"A masterpiece
about autism and a vivid narrative about human frailty and strength."
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--Liane
Holliday Willey, author of Pretending to be Normal: Living with
Asperger's Syndrome and Asperger Syndrome Safety Skills for Asperger
Women: How to Save a Perfectly Good Female Life
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There are so many myths about what it means to be autistic and Laura tells her story beautifully and truthfully. You will live every moment with her, feel her pain and want to right the wrongs. Some books make a big difference, this is one of them. It should be read by everyone.
— Natasha Harding, The Sun
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An important, touching and incredibly honest book with a wry sense of humor, which challenges the preconceived ideas people have about autistic life.
— Rachael Lucas, author of Sealed With a Kiss and The State of Grace
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Courageous and graceful...Readers will walk away with a new understanding of how autism actually functions.
— Booklist
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Witty and illuminating, James' book offers an intimate look into the mind and heart of an autistic woman who learns to understand her difference not as brokenness but as the thing that makes her unique. A candid and unexpectedly moving memoir of identity and psychological upheaval.
— Kirkus
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Honest and revealing...James demonstrates the complexity of autism, with its strengths as well as weaknesses.
— Library Journal
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James's story, told in an affecting, honest way, is at once intensely personal and extremely relatable... [it] reminds us to have compassion for those who defy our definition of normal, whether or not they have a label.
— New York Journal of Books