On May 19, last thursday we held the book club meeting
on my deck. It was to be held come rain or shine and the weather
cooperated. We had quite the gathering with 9 people showing up.
Those who attended were Kathy W., Madeleine, Diana, Julie, Marsha,
Sarah, Betsy and Donna S.
Most of us had read the book "Born On a Blue Day" by Daniel Tammet
who is an autistic savant, high functioning person with Asberger's syndrome.
It was a very interesting book which takes you into the world of a person
who is similar to the "Rainman". Daniel was the eldest in a family of
nine whose parents were on British welfare. He has synesthesia which
means he sees everything visually with shapes and colors.
His 1st love was math and he has an amazing aptitude for math though
his tedious explanations of the subject tended to bog the rest of us
his tedious explanations of the subject tended to bog the rest of us
non math people down. He branched out into languages and worked
very hard at overcoming his social disabilities. He has managed to lead
a very productive life finding happiness in a personal relationship
and success in financial independence. He can learn a language in one
day and has a website that teaches people languages. He speaks at
universities and has been on numerous talk shows and television.
I admire him because he has had to overcome all his lack of emotional
understanding of people and is able to live a normal life. He thinks that
he has experienced many moments of perfect happiness.
Diana took her missed turn and recommended another book by
Abraham Verghese who wrote the ever popular :Cutting For Stone".
This one is called , "The Tennis Partner".
I believe we chose June 23 ,Thursday to be our next meeting.
Please correct me if I am worng.
Have great matches this summer and enjoy lazy days reading
in your favorite spots.
