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Guests | December 29, 2009

Everyone Called Me "Happy"

0 comments By Alex Lemon

I have nystagmus and diplopia and chronic pain and ataxia, and I can tell that I'm nervous and excited that my new book is out today because all of... Continue »

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   Happy: A Memoir

   Alex Lemon

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William Bohrer, April 16, 2007

I thought this memoir might offer an interesting, fresh insight into the physical, psychological, and social trials of growing up "different" and "outcast", but by the end of this book I was extremely put off by the overwhelming self-righteousness that shone through.

What Ms. Blanco suffered from her peers was in many cases unforgivable, and that the administration of the schools she attended allowed the physical assaults to happen is criminal, to let them go unpunished is actionable, and that her parents did nothing is just sad - been there, got the t-shirt. But Jodee Blanco seems to suffer from a complete lack of self-examination at her role in contributing to the debacle that was her childhood. God knows, by the time I got to Jr. High, *I* certainly took a perverse delight in taunting my peers with my "freak" status. If you can't join em, at least give em the finger. And have the honesty to ADMIT that's what you're doing!!!

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