This book came highly recommended by a psychologist friend of mine. While it is fiction, it gives a very realistic look into the lives of a family affected by autism. Told in the first person, you get an intimate view of how autism feels. Livvie Owen is 14, and she has two sisters, one older, one younger, and a mom & dad. They’ve moved multiple times, a result of both life circumstances–they live in a dying small town–and Livvie’s disruptive behavior, which landlords find hard […]
Batman and Psychology: It was a long and boring book
I received this book for Christmas and my face was happy. However I turned the book over, read the back and immediately became sceptic. Alliteration can be a powerful rhetorical tool, but this striving for a comedic effect felt tawdry to me. This feeling returned to me again and again as I was reading this book, Langley just seemed to be trying so hard. The book delivers pretty much what the title promises; it talks of Batman and it talks of psychology. The book tries […]
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