Maybe I'm Amazed
A Story of Love and Connection in Ten Songs: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
John Harris
- ???A
- BBC
- RADIO
- 4
- BOOK
- OF
- THE
- WEEK???'BRILLIANT'
- ADRIAN
- CHILES
'THIS
- BOOK
- CONTAINS
- MAGIC'
- CAITLIN
- MORAN
'ENTRANCING,
- HEARTBREAKING,
- UPLIFTING'
- MARINA
- HYDEIn
- this
- extraordinary
- memoir,
- a
- father
- tells
- the
- story
- of
- how
- music
- has
- opened
- up
- the
- world
- to
- his
- son,
- one
- song
- at
- a
- time.Obsessed
- with
- music
- since
- he
- was
- a
- child,
- John
- Harris
- had
- no
- idea
- that
- he
- was
- in
- fact
- preparing
- himself
- for
- the
- greatest
- challenge
- of
- his
- life.
- But
- so
- it
- transpired.
- When
- his
- son
- James
- was
- born,
- and
- three
- years
- later
- diagnosed
- with
- autism,
- music
- became
- a
- source
- of
- precious
- connection
- and
- endless
- wonder
- for
- both
- of
- them.Maybe
- I'm
- Amazed
- describes
- how
- the
- music
- of
- The
- Beatles,
- Kraftwerk,
- Funkadelic,
- The
- Velvet
- Underground,
- Amy
- Winehouse
- and
- many
- more
- were
- soon
- woven
- into
- the
- fabric
- of
- James's
- life,
- becoming
- an
- essential
- part
- of
- who
- he
- is.
- It
- takes
- us
- through
- the
- struggles
- of
- raising
- an
- autistic
- child
- in
- a
- prejudiced
- world,
- and
- uncovers
- a
- hidden
- history
- of
- neurodivergence
- and
- creativity
- that
- casts
- new
- light
- on
- why
- notes,
- chords
- and
- lyrics
- speak
- so
- powerfully
- to
- the
- human
- mind.Anyone
- who
- has
- fallen
- in
- love
- with
- a
- band
- or
- heard
- their
- life
- reflected
- back
- to
- them
- by
- a
- song
- will
- recognise
- themselves
- in
- the
- story
- of
- this
- father
- and
- his
- son.
- And
- in
- considering
- the
- intense
- and
- transcendent
- way
- James
- absorbs
- and
- connects
- with
- music,
- it
- has
- lessons
- in
- listening
- and
- living
- for
- us all.
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