by David Finch
At first I was worried this might be one of those "interesting stories" coupled with lackluster storytelling. The first couple chapters had that sort of "forced" feeling you get when you know that a book has been written by a ghostwriter attempting to capture the subject's "original" voice while als...
I really enjoyed this work. The author provides a very clear look at what it's like to be in a relationship with an Aspie...and he manages to be quite funny along the way!
An entertaining memoir by a man with high-functioning Asperger's. While I agree with some reviewers that some of what he describes is just human behavior within normal limits (they say man behavior but having lived with men, this seems too sweeping a dismissal), some is quite clearly in the Aspie ra...
So I need to start this by saying that for years I have told my husband that I have a mild form of autism/Asperger's. As a grad student in social psychology I read Temple Grandin's Thinking in Pictures, and I realized that I could very much relate to her way of not relating to other people. He (my ...
If you're a married woman reading about David Finch's behaviors, you may begin to wonder if your own husband has Asperger syndrome. As Dave Barry notes on the book jacket, a lot of what David was doing and not doing falls in the category of "acting like a guy." But for an Aspie guy the cluelessness ...
This was very interesting and edifying. The book was fairly repetitive but it was okay that way, as one feels like one gets a fair picture of the author. I think the author's wife is way more forbearing and sweet than I would be in similar straits.
Finch seems to be a lovely man, and his wife is super fabulous (said non-ironically), but it wasn't was I expected. There is too much padding. I think I would have enjoyed the New Yorker article though. That said, as someone who is neurotypical-ish herself, I did enjoy reading a book from the poin...
Having met David Finch in Detroit last October during the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association annual trade show, I discovered first-hand what a genuinely funny person he is. I knew that reading his memoir, The Journal of Best Practices, would be an enjoyable experience. I was prepared fo...
One of the big surprises of learning that someone you love has Aspergers Syndrome is realizing that the “robotic” stereotypes are often misleading, and that Aspies are just as likely to be funny, creative, engaging and loving. In this memoir, Aspie David Finch shows himself to be all of those thing...
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