Title: Beautifully crafted story with authentic voice
Product review: If you want to read a piece of fiction by someone who doesn't have Asperger's Syndrome, by all means, read "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time." But if you want to learn how a person travels from earliest memories of being different to the coping skills gleaned from a lifetime of educating yourself, you must read Prince-Hughes' book. Dawn's journey is at once painful and joyous, with vignettes that even people who are not on the autism spectrum can relate to. The fact that Dawn's best teacher was a gorilla man named Congo goes to show that if you don't make judgments about other beings, your eyes will witness a world beyond your limited human prejudices. Through the lessons from Congo and his gorilla family, Dawn has created and nurtured her own human family. Not an easy feat for any of us, but even more impressive for a woman who was "socialized" by gorillas. If I could rate this higher than 5 stars, I would. An absolute gem!
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