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Chargement... Piece by Piece: How I Built My Life (No Instructions Required)par David Aguilar
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"David Aguilar was born missing part of one arm, a small detail that seemed to define his life and limit people's ideas of who he was and who he could be. But in this funny and heartfelt memoir, David proves that he can throw out the rulebook and people's expections and maybe even make a difference in the world--and all with a sense of humor. At only nine years old, David built his first prosthesis from LEGO bricks, and since then he hasn't stopped creating and thinking about how his inventions, born from a passion for building things, could fuel change and help others."-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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But the book is not as much about building an prosthetic arm from Legos, as about David's life, as the subtitle correctly says. It's about accepting his difference, dealing with all the attention and questions, dealing with the bullies, with all kinds of detonators the life threw his way. At some places it felt a bit like a self-help book written for kids and adolescents, but overall it was not disturbing me much and I would recommend this book to people of all ages.
For me personally, it was also really interesting to visit Andorra by book. It's a very tiny country with a population of a medium size town. I think the translator did a great job by keeping some terms unchanged - it really gave a better sense of the place. I mostly listened to the audiobook and I want to compliment the narrator as well - the way he pronounced those unchanged words, said "Barcelona" and imitated the French accent added to the sense of Andorra, as well.
In the beginning the book seemed a bit like LEGO pieces scattered around - the authors were jumping timelines and stories; but I must admit they managed to put those LEGO pieces together at the end. (