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| Published October 1st 2012 by Souvenir |
A Year in the Life of Touretteshero
by
Jessica Thom
Jessica Thom has Tourettes
Syndrome and lives with the knowledge that her behaviour is quite often viewed
with mistrust and apprehension. In Welcome
to Biscuit Land, Jessica sets out on a year long quest to record the trials
and tribulations of her life. And leaving nothing unspoken or left out, Jessica
has with great wit and charm completely overturned my thinking about Tourette’s
syndrome, and those whose lives are affected bit it.
Jess is an amazing narrator, she
calls it as she sees it with language which is at times rich and colourful, but
ultimately what shines through is Jess’s personality, so that you quickly see
beyond the tics and gestures, and notice the warm and wonderful, and totally
unique person underneath.
I think what this book does is
forcibly remind us that to some extent we all live in our own version of
biscuit land, and yes, alright, perhaps most times we are able to suppress the
bulk of our emotions, but the world be a less colourful place if we all had the
ability to conform.
Jessica Thom is certainly my Touretteshero
and long may she reign over Biscuit Land.
My thanks to Jessica and Souvenir Press Ltd for my review copy of this book.
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