The Electricity of Every Living Thing: One Womans Walk with Aspergers | 
so-soMoments, recollections, observations. Not just a travel journal. A memoir about a very specific window in this woman's life, where it benefitted her to write it all down. I can very much relate to the discussions about what it is to walk and want to complete a certain trail at not peak fitness/late 30s. I felt disconnected from the discussions of parenting a toddler and being autistic. I hope it helps others. ⚠️ Ableism
Solidarity with the conditional love for the outdoors. 🤦🏼♂️
The manageability of sheep. 🐑🐏
"I'm not what you call the traditional outdoorsy sort. I mean, I like the outdoors. But I really like the indoors, too. And I only really like the outdoors under certain circumstances...My love is profoundly conditional." Maybe more of a paraphrase as it's an audiobook, and I'm not sure I captured the quote 100% correctly. But I can completely relate! Also, today marks the 2nd anniversary of Edgar joining our family! He is also NOT outdoorsy ?
Today's travel companion as I head back home. I'm really enjoying this audiobook narrated by the author!
pickI really enjoyed this memoir. It covered 3 topics that I find interesting in memoirs: motherhood, hiking, and autism later in life.
After sustaining a head injury this weekend, I haven‘t been able to read (!) or look at screens for very long, but I *can* still listen to books! 🎧 I‘m really enjoying this one on audio. I loved her earlier book Wintering so much and this one is just as personal and introspective.
I‘m feeling very grateful for my Libby app right now!
pickI appreciated May‘s journey into her later age diagnosis of Autism. She paired her diagnosis with a walking journey that she had become determined to do along the southern coastal path in England. She talked about the moments in her life that made her come to the realization of her diagnosis. My almost 13 year old is a late diagnosis. I really liked when May said that it wasn‘t that she wanted anything (in terms of treatment) but just the knowing
pickI chose this book because I loved May‘s “Wintering.” Come to find out, it‘s centered around her walk on the South West Coast Path; so, it‘s my second memoir located upon this ramble in as many months! I read this one just as slowly as I read the first (by Winn)…but I enjoyed it twice as much. Her writing style really sings for me, & her parallel narrative of exploring an autism diagnosis drew me in even deeper. 👇🏻
This is why I live in The Ocean State, & why I seek out the quietest beaches possible. 🌊
pickThis is a marvelous book about a woman‘s journey of discovery. She ultimately finds herself by walking the South West Coast Path (in England). A chance radio program leads her to think that she may be on the autism spectrum, particularly ASD. The first part of the book is hard to read, but she gains a growing understanding of how to cope better with the world and herself. It‘s a hopeful book with a hopeful ending. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“People carry electricity for me; they have a current that surges around my body until I‘m exhausted. It‘s hard to pinpoint what it is, exactly; something about their noise, their unruly movement, the unpredictable demands they make on me. It makes the air feel thick, like humanity has…not a scent, but a texture.”
pickThere are books that change how you see the world: every now and again there are books that change how you see yourself. I finished this weeks ago but haven't wanted to talk about it. It is GOOD but the thing is, almost everything she described (that led to her diagnosis of Asperger's) I recognised in myself. It was a shock to the system and I don't know what to think or how I feel about this.
pickWhat a lovely memoir. So honest and brave. I feel like a better person for hearing her story and as I meet someone like Katherine, I understand better, can be kind and understanding.
🎶 Maybe you think you're not right for me
That you'll be everything that I need
Well I'll tell you straight from my heart
You are, you are 🎶
Communication/commitment problems with autistic people was my inspiration here because of Anne 💖
All of these are 'to-get' - I think the tagged one is going to be similar to The Salt Path - she walks the same route.
#SeptemberSins #youare @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain
This is a glorious read - in conversation with the author this week in Whitstable.
