The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon
I know I'm awfully late to the party on this one, but what a tremendous book! It's been on my to-be-read list for a while, and I saw it at our local used book store, so I picked it up. What a beautiful, thoughtful, heartbreaking story. I cried in bed reading in it, because the idea of raising an autistic child and not being able to hug them and cuddle them is pretty scary to someone parenting a very affectionate toddler. Much has been made about Haddon's realism and sympathy in writing from the viewpoint of an autistic lad, and everyone has been on the money with their praise. I want to lend this my sister-in-law, who works with autistic kids, but she's still hormonal from childbirth, so the timing is a little off. In a month or two... This was my 5th book for the month, bringing me to 69 year-to-date.
September 2007.
I know I'm awfully late to the party on this one, but what a tremendous book! It's been on my to-be-read list for a while, and I saw it at our local used book store, so I picked it up. What a beautiful, thoughtful, heartbreaking story. I cried in bed reading in it, because the idea of raising an autistic child and not being able to hug them and cuddle them is pretty scary to someone parenting a very affectionate toddler. Much has been made about Haddon's realism and sympathy in writing from the viewpoint of an autistic lad, and everyone has been on the money with their praise. I want to lend this my sister-in-law, who works with autistic kids, but she's still hormonal from childbirth, so the timing is a little off. In a month or two... This was my 5th book for the month, bringing me to 69 year-to-date.
September 2007.
Labels: contemporary lit
posted by Rhon | 4:10 PM
1 Comments:
I've had my copy for over a year and still haven't gotten to it. This review just bumped it up.
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