Comments on: Review: You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know, Heather Sellers

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:03:06 +0000

I’ve been curious about this book, so thanks for your review. I think the adult parts sound more interesting to me too — I’m not a huge fan of “difficult childhood” memoirs.

By: Maili

Maili — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:33:17 +0000

I first heard about prosopagnosia from Nicole Camden’s novella ‘The Nekkid Truth’ (from antholog Big Guns Out of Uniform), which features heroine who has prosopagnosia.

Did Heather say anything about photographs? Can she still see faces in photos?

By: celawerd

celawerd — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:30:54 +0000

Sounds like and interesting book. I’ll have to check it out.

By: Aarti

Aarti — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:19:24 +0000

I think this condition was mentioned on an NPR Radiolab podcast- I love Radiolab and highly recommend you looking into the episde (which may have been called something like “Faces” but is probably not that straightforward. I think this would just be a really sad condition to have to deal with. The podcast discusses coping mechanisms, too, which are really interesting.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:19:27 +0000

Like you, I have never heard of this condition, but it truly sounds scary.

By: kay @ Infiniteshelf

kay @ Infiniteshelf — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:54:51 +0000

What a strange condition! I had never heard of it before, but not I’m kind of curious about this memoir, it sounds fascinating.

By: S. Krishna

S. Krishna — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:29:35 +0000

Ths is one I’ve been wanting to read for awhile, but just haven’t found the time. I hope to get to it soon, thanks for the review!

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:52:26 +0000

I have trouble recognizing people, too, but that’s mainly because I’m not reeeeally paying attention. This sounds like a very difficult condition to live with!

By: zibilee

zibilee — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:23:43 +0000

I have heard a little bit about this book and think it sounds fascinating. I can’t imagine living with this condition, and like you, I think it would be interesting to see how it affects Heather and how she learns to live with it. Fantastic review!

By: Eva

Eva — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:18:18 +0000

I was curious about this because of the prosopagnosia, but now I think I’ll skip it due to the sad childhood thing. I didn’t realise it was so memoir-y! hehe