I am a huge Jodi Picoult fan and I adore this book. What do
the words “Look after your brother” really mean? As parents we set “House Rules” and hope that
our children will follow them and interpret them in the way they were attended.
For people in the Autistic Spectrum rules can have a very literal meaning, and
as a teacher of students with disabilities I love the perspectives that this
book brings to the reader. In this novel Jacob Hunt has an obsessional interest
with crime scenes, and inadvertently brings suspicion on himself when his life
skills coach is found dead. His
inability to effectively communicate highlights the heartbreaking frustration
of parents of children with Aspergers, but it is his brother’s story which is
also very moving and worthy of attention.
Busy Chick’s highlight – always got to love the ending of a
Jodi Picoult novel. I love that she has
highlighted this topic in such an accessible manner.
I loved this book. It really makes you appreciate how "easy" we have it.
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