Cailey Nunez Nunez itibaren Woodmohr, WI, Birleşik Devletler
I really liked this book (which is actually 2 novellas by 2 authors) and would love to see more of the world in the book...I have so many questions. I could not find this in the kindle store but the publisher sells it direct & it was pretty easy to figure out the download. I read Above first but you can download below/above where you can read it last. I think you would understand it better with Above first. I read this right at the same time as I heard "Mr Daisey & the Apple Factory" from This American Life, which seemed so appropriate. There is no balance of power and the poorer people below are sacrificing their bodies and life span for the well being of those above. They have no power to change it either. As depressing as it could have felt, I spent the time fascinated with the world the authors built. There is no real conclusion to the "end" of both novellas which would usually drive me crazy, somehow I wasn't bothered with this book. I still want more, but they ended it "right".
A thought-provoking journey into the world of "what would I have done in the same situation?" Sometimes it's hard to know what the right thing to do in life, but reading this reminds me that "honesty is the best policy" because no matter the hurt of the truth, living a lie will only eat you up and block out your family. We've come a long ways in understanding disabilities since the 60s, but I'm sure we've a ways to go. This book was slow moving at times, but I think that wanting to know what happens to these poor folks makes you want to push on to the end. I think the author could have done a better job of helping us to understand David and understand his choices better, but I felt as shut out from David as his family did.
It's a very cute story it's not the most exciting book out there but It had enough in it for me to finish the book