Dear Miss Landau
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James Christie
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James Christie
About this listen
Every morning James Christie puts on a blue rugby shirt and jeans. His wardrobe is full of identical outfits. Every day he eats the same meal and drinks from the same mug. These are not ingrained habits, but survival strategies. For James, coping with new experiences feels like smashing his head through a plate glass window. The only relief comes from belting the heavy bag at the boxing club or watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He's an autistic man lost in a neuro-typical world. Differently wired. Alien. Despite a high IQ, it seems he'll spend the next 20 years cleaning toilets. But then his life takes an amazing turn - from a Glasgow tenement to a rendezvous with a Hollywood star on Sunset Boulevard.
On that road trip across America, the man who feels he lacks a soul will find it. Eight time zones and 5,000 miles away, he has a date with the actress who played Drusilla, the kooky vampire who changed his life when he saw her in a Buffy episode. Drusilla has no soul either. And maybe that's the attraction. But Drusilla is fictional. The lady he'll see on Sunset is Juliet Landau. She's real, and that's a very different proposition...
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- Roderick McMillan
- 14-03-23
Compelling and Heartfelt
This is a compelling true-life story that has all the best elements of the most gripping narratives: it has epic scope and everything you could want in a tale; boy meets girl, voyage and return, the quest, anticipation, overcoming adversity and much more; all told intelligently with wry self-aware humour by the author.
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- Karim
- 18-05-15
A Very Interesting Listen
A very interesting book, well read by its author. Granting an insight into Asperger's syndrome and life with it.
James Christie has a turn of phrase which is elegant and interesting, brings his tale to the ear pleasantly, providing me what was a unique insight into the condition. I may have to read his fiction now; I like his writing style so much.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-10-21
interesting insight to Autism
An honest and interesting life an an autistic . F
Fluid language and an enjoyable read.
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