The minute I finished reading it, I got up and sought out my husband.  Handing it to him, I told him he had to read it.  Men and women alike can glean insight into their marriage from this honest account of a man who determines he can improve himself and his marriage despite the fact that he has Asperger syndrome.

I don’t want to give the impression that this is a dull work-on-your-relationship book.  It is anything but.  David Finch is an amazing storyteller that manages to interweave humor and heartbreak seamlessly throughout his memoir.  The transformation that he achieves in his marriage is so interesting because he does it with the attitude of working solely on himself.  He makes no demands on his wife, Kristen, except that she help him evaluate himself and his progress.  Even those of us who are “neuro-typical” can learn a powerful lesson by reading about his journey and the wonderful results he achieved.

I would have given this book five stars if not for the language it contained as it really was distracting at times.  But language aside, I loved it!

Content Analysis:

Profanity/Language:  20 religious exclamations; 15 mild obscenities; 1 religious profanity; 8 derogatory names; 25 scatological words; 25 anatomical terms; 1 offensive hand gesture; 32 F-word derivatives.

Violence/Gore:  None

Sex/Nudity:  One instance of a man and woman cuddling; eight sexual references.

Mature Subject Matter:

Co-habitation of an unmarried man and woman.

Alcohol / Drug Use:

Two adults drink wine; getting drunk mentioned twice; smokeless tobacco is mentioned; heroin addiction is referred to as part of a joke.