It's not very often it happens, but this is likely to become one of those books that I will remember forever. It challenges the way the reader thinks about nature and the condition of being autistic, and I hope it has a positive impact on everyone who reads it. Over the first few pages, I found the writing style a little clunky, and I wondered why the editor hadn't smoothed the wording over a bit, but then after about 50 pages or so, I realised that the text has to be left as it is because this is Chris. The way the language is used is how he thinks and speaks, and I had demonstrated the eternal problem he has with the rest of us when I expected him to change it just to make it better for me! Once I got over myself, I allowed his language to do its job and he let me see the world through his eyes. Chris has a unique view of the world and he is truly interested in every bird, every creature and every creeping thing. As a child, he picked up dead thin...