Born On A Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind [Import] [Paperback]

Daniel Tammet (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; Trade Paperback Edition edition (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340899751
• ISBN-13: 978-0340899755
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,226,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Daniel Tammet is a writer, linguist and educator. A 2007 poll of 4,000 Britons named him as one of the world's "100 living geniuses." His website company, Optimnem, has provided foreign language instruction to thousands around the globe and his last book, the New York Times bestseller Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant, has been translated into 18 languages. He lives in Avignon, in the south of France.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving on many different levels, August 17, 2006

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C. Young "c_de" (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Born On A Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind (Hardcover)

I literally finished reading this book an hour ago.

Daniel's story is both moving and inspiring on a multitude of levels for all those who are considered different --- irrelevant of which form that difference might manifest itself.

He is a truly remarkable man with an even more remarkable support network.

The style of the book is intimate and honest in both style and content.

It is not often that I genuinely feel intense emotions when reading and I admit that a few times I literally had to put the book down and walk away from it for a while.

Thank you Daniel for being you.

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, April 6, 2009

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G. Bernard "Earthmom" (Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Born On A Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind (Paperback)

I found this book very insightful as it was written from the perspective of a person who has autistic spectrum disorder. Because of this twist I feel this book shed a more positive and hopeful outlook on the disorder itself, as well as for the people facing this challenge.