Look me in the Eye
Anyone looking for a new book might want to check out “Look me in the Eye” by John Elder Robison. This is his first book and it was just released today. I just got out of Barnes and Noble in Altoona, PA to buy my copy.
John is a great guy who I've had the pleasure to get to know a little through iATN. He's just a regular guy who owns a high end auto repair shop on the east coast but he hasn't had what most would call a regular life. As an adult he was diagnosed with Asperger's disease, a form of autism, which explained much of his “strange” behavior growing up. From what I gather he was lousy dealing with people on a face to face basis but he has a real knack for all things mechanical or electrical.
After I posted on iATN that I was leaving the repair industry in search of other things John left this heartfelt response as well as posting it on his blog.
I'm sure none of you have ever heard of John but plenty of you have probably heard of his brother Augusten Burroughs; author of Running with Scissors, Dry, Sellevision, and Magical Thinking. John is the brother Augusten often talks about in his memoirs.
Enough of me talking about John and his book. If you want the real story you can check out these links-
You can read this book description
Or you can read John's bio
You could also jump right to his blog
Or just buy it right from Amazon
Best of luck John!
1 comment:
You know how I love books. I have read Running with Sissors, so I may have to check this out.
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