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Excellent and descriptive book..shoild be on school syllabus both for descriptive lanhuahe and for compelling and interesting content.. Chris' descriptions of his childhood and growing up, with unrecognised , at that time, Asperger's syndrome, and the way he has coped with it all, is a compelling read.
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We chose this for our next Bookclub meeting. My friend (who is an avid reader) and I gave up. Very boring. Why do tv celebrities always think they can also write?
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Bought this book to take on holiday next month......but just could not resist reading a few pages.....had to slap myself on the wrist and force myself to hid it a way.......it has started so well....I have already travelled back to my childhood and can relate to so much of this well written book. I can understand Chris as I too spent a childhood emerged in nature and was"a different" child to my peer group. I somehow mixed up right from wrong after reading wind in the willows and thought frogs slept in real life beds......hence even now after 50 odd years I am haunted by the tiny frog's body I discovered dead and bone dry in a tiny bed I had put him in inside a matchbox......and then forgot about.. I lay in the grass watching the world above and below me.......it took many years for me to realise how different I was. The detailed accounts in this book so far to me are pure magic....and I can't wait for my holidays and freedom to continue the book at leisure.Read full review
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Having just finished reading "Fingers in the Sparkle Jar", I can say that it give a detailed insight into Chris Packham's early life. He is very descriptive of situations and places.
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A fascinating insight into living within society whilst coping with a problem that causes a feeling of alienation, alongside a wonderful description of a childhood absorbed in the study of wildlife.
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