Tag: autism
-
The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry
Hardback, Serpent’s Tail, £14.99, out now Victorian religion, science and superstition battle it out over a possible giant sea serpent off Essex. Cora, whose abusive husband has just died, sets out with her unusual young son Francis and working class activist friend Martha to investigate. Finally able to explore her own interests, this amateur naturalist…
-
Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter about People Who Think Differently, by Steve Silberman
Allen and Unwin, £16.99, paperback out now A worthy winner of the Samuel Johnson non-fiction book prize, this is a fascinating and highly readable history of autism. We also get to meet several interesting people affected by autism, and an invitation to reconsider what we think we know about it. Silberman, a journalist for Wired…