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Twitch And Shout: A Touretter's Tale
In this revealing memoir Handler tells of how Tourette's has shaped his life and provides insight into the strange symptoms that are often debilitating and alienating. As the title suggests, Twitch and Shout is no plea for pity; it is a heartfelt and often humorous effort to reclaim and humanize a disorder that can keep others at a distance.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
August 13th 2004
by University Of Minnesota Press
(first published 1998)
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Intentionally hilarious, fascinating and inspiring-- if not in a life-affirming way, at least in a way that could produce interesting dance choreography. Tourettic twins syncopating tics...Tourettic surgeons and orchestra conductors... Includes great observations of friendship with Oliver Sacks. The writing style has some spasmodic and impatient traits, and the reader's constantly reminded of the immense struggle it must have taken to get a page down. Kind of like "The Diving Bell and t...more
Very insightful look into the life of a person with Tourette Syndrome.
Interesting point of view of someone who has Tourette's syndrome. Very honest and connecting.
Everyone feels rejected at one point in their life but it takes a lot to accept and transform that feeling to triumph.
Everyone feels rejected at one point in their life but it takes a lot to accept and transform that feeling to triumph.
A man with tourettes tells what it is like to live with Tourettes - anyone that has a student with tourettes should read it...enlightening.
I blogged a review here: http://imponderabilia.blogspot.com/2009/...
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