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Alone

Norman Douglas

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ffair. We are only children, you understand—siamo ancora piccoli."

"Did you ever give her a kiss?"

"Never. Not a single one."

I relight my pipe, and then inquire:

"Why not give her a kiss?"

"People would call me a disrespectful boy."

"Nobody, surely, need be any the wiser?"

"She is not like you and me."

A pause….

"Not like us? How so?"

"She would tell her sister."

"What of it?"

"The sister would tell her mother, who would say unpleasant things to mine. And perhaps to other folks. Then the fat would be in the fire. And that is why."

Another pause….

"What would your mother say to you?"

"She would say: 'You are the oldest male; you should conduct yourself accordingly. What is this lack of judgment I hear about?'"

"I begin to understand."

Siena

Driven from the Paradise of Levanto, I landed not on earth but—with one jump—in Hell. The Turks figure forth a Hell of ice and snow; this is my present abode; its name is Siena. Every one knows that this town lies on a hill, on three hills; the inference that it would be cold in January was fairly obvious; how cold, nobody could have guessed. The sun is invisible. Streets are deep in snow. Icicles hang from the windows. Worst of all, the hotels are unheated. Those English, you know,—they refuse to supply us with coal….

Could this be the city where I was once nearly roasted to death? It is an effort to recall that glistening month of the Palio festival, a month I spent at a genuine pension for a set purpose, namely, to write a study on the habits of "The Pension-cats of Europe"—those legions of elder

Iamshadow 09/02/2019
If you read no other book about nonspeaking autistic people, you should read this one, just to see how rich and vibrant and diverse their lives and voices can be. Nonspeaking doesn't mean having nothing to say. It just means the communication takes a different path.
Charlotte 10/21/2017
This is an excellent book. This fives depth and insight to people who can not communicate through speech. It is a series of stories all true, based on real people who have difficulty expressing themselves due to the inability to vocalize their thoughts, feelings, ideas, a communicate with the rest o
Dora 08/06/2008
I know this sounds cheesy, but in this case it really is meant literally: If you only ever read one book about autism in your life, read this one.

This book not only debunks a number of the most damaging and incorrect assumptions about autism and autistic people, but actually uses primary sources (th

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