Born On A Blue Day : Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant (Paperback)

from davidorban

A very endearing and clear narrative that tells the childhood and growing into adult life of the author, an extraordinarily gifted person who is able to overcome the challenges of his autism. The observations that he makes about his own emotions, or lack of, are very illuminating, and the plannin...

from KendraRenee

If you've read "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time," one good way of describing "Born on a Blue Day" is as a non-fiction version of the former. The two are really similar in the way they try to explain autism, except that Tammet's is a true story. In fact, Tammet tells the whole th...

from apartmentcarpet

Daniel Tammet is a savant with Asperger's Syndrome. He is one of the few savants that is able to communicate well with the outer world, and that makes his a unique and fascinating story. His writing style isn't the best, but it is easily overlooked when he starts talking about the way he visualiz...

from ladycato

In this very straightforward and easy to read memoir, Daniel Tammet describes how his mind works with synesthesia, his struggles during childhood, and how he has blossomed as an adult. Tammet earned fame in the past decade after he took on a challenge to memorize and recite pi to over 22,500 digi...

from SqueakyChu

This is a very brave book. I'm not sure, had I been in Daniel Tammet's place, if I would have willingly shared my life story with others. This young man, now fully independent and living with a partner in a loving relationship, grew up lonely and viewed as "odd" by others due to his having Asperg...