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Great insight into the minds of Aspies | Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story | Jerry Newport, Mary Newport

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	• Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story Jerry Newport, Mary Newport Touchstone, 2007 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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Mozart and the Whale

This is a wonderful autobiographical account of two individuals who suffered with Aspergers all their lives and did not know what was wrong with them. They are not diagnosed until later life. These stories take us from their childhood up to present, their marriage, divorce, and remarriage. I really enjoyed this book although it was depressing at times. I was taking a class in autism and this book helped me see how much suffering a individual with autism must go through on a daily basis.

Want to know what Aspergers Syndrome is like?

The best way to learn about Aspergers is from what AS people have for sharing! Jerry and Mary share their love story in a way unlike any romance novel you'll find to read. As soon as I began reading this book, I could not put it down until I finished it! It made me laugh, cry, think, and sigh. Never was I bored for even a moment!

What makes this story extra special is that even though Jerry and Mary Newport are both AS people, they provide AS perspectives from their own side. Mary is much more accepting of the unique traits AS gives her than Jerry is. Regardless of this difference between them, they both can understand, appreciate, and accept each other. This is more than what they get from most other people.

The book "Mozart and the Whale" is much better than the movie. The movie is entertaining but the book does a much better job of portraying what AS is like, along with it being more entertaining to read than the movie is to watch.

I was blessed with the opportunity to spend some time with both Jerry and Mary Newport in person after I read their book. They were exactly as I imagined them to be. That must mean their real personalities shine through in this story!

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Great insight into the minds of Aspies

My brother has Asperger Syndrome, so I love reading books by and about Aspies. I felt like this one gave a powerful view at how they think, and it was wonderfully matched with a lively, interesting story. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I heard it is great, and I will be ordering it soon.

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Fascinating Asperger's Love Story

Sure thing, Jerry was so clumsy that he had found it quite hard to deal with women. However, I must say that applies to me somehow, which really embarrassed me quite a lot. I used to try in vain to ask out several girls when I was younger, but it didn't work. I still have no idea why I was so unpopular with women, but whatever reasons Jerry and I had, this kind of lonely life frustrated both Jerry and me. That's why I feel falling in love is quite a challenge to people with Asperger Syndrome(AS). Not all of them are clumsy about love, just in case.

I was quite amazed to find Jerry recognized his AS traits objectively as he saw the famous film, Rain Man. He shouted the answer to the very difficult math question Raymond was asked, which was quite embarrassing in the movie theater, though. Both Raymond and Jerry were autistic - I think this motivated him to find his AS. Both of them were very good at calculation by heart! Moreover, he came to join the organization of people with autism called AGUA(=Adult Gathering United Autism), where he met an AS woman Mary who he fell in love with and got married to! I guess that drastically changed their lives.

Not everything went well with each other; they divorced once and remarried. However, Jerry had mellowed a lot and quit shouting at Mary like he used to, which helped each other relax quite a lot. I'm sure they won't get divorced for the rest of their lives.

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A wonderful book about a moving story

Having seen the film of the same name, I was intrigued to know more about Jerry and Mary's life (Donald and Isabelle in the film). This book did not disappoint. Since both Jerry and Mary have Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, their upbringing was fraught with all the difficulties this condition brings. However, Mary in particular seemed to have an extraordinary difficult time and it is evident as the book progresses that she was deeply scared as a result. It is incredible that she coped as well as she did. After meeting Jerry, the ups and downs of their relationship are portrayed with the searing honesty you would expect from Asperger people and their difficulties are sometimes amusing, sometimes sad, but always deeply moving.

Each chapter is divided into two with events told first by Jerry and then by Mary. This works extremely well and, despite the involvement of a ghostwriter, their voices are distinctive and feel entirely their own.

Having Asperger's Syndrome myself, I salute Jerry and Mary for what they have done in writing this book. They share something of our baffling but completely wonderful condition and prove that it doesn't have to be a conventional romance to make a brilliant love story.

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When Jerry and Mary Newport met, the connection was instant. A musical genius and a mathematical wonder, the two shared astronomic IQs, but they also shared something else -- they both were diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism that affects millions of Americans and makes social contact painfully unbearable. When Jerry and Mary married, they were catapulted into the limelight. They appeared on 60 Minutes and soon were known as "superstars in the world of autism," shining examples of two people who refused to give up in the face of their mutual challenge.

But just when it appeared that their lives would enjoy a fairy-tale ending, their marriage fell apart. The Hollywood feeding frenzy was too much to handle, and they divorced. After heartbreaking years of soul searching, Jerry and Mary remarried. Today, with their union stronger than ever, they have dedicated themselves to helping countless other people with Asperger's and autism lead lives of dignity. Mozart and the Whale is an unforgettable love story of the incredible chronicle of their journey together -- and apart.

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