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19 Aug 2015, 10:00 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/best-boy-review-an-unforgettable-novel-narrated-by-an-adult-with-autism/2015/08/19/9f4dca0a-42a6-11e5-8e7d-9c033e6745d8_story.html


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21 Sep 2015, 6:09 am

What an extremely sensitive and moving review.. thank you AsPartOfMe. I think reading this book would perhaps stir a lot of deeply buried emotions in ASD readers in the mature age group. Even the review almost moved me to tears.