Book Review
Ricky Tsang’s book is a journey into a brilliant mind: the
reader will find humor (dark/bawdy and/or hilarious), love, tenderness, truth
and fantasy within its pages.
Diagnosed with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy at age seven,
Ricky has witnessed the gradual wasting of his muscles as a result of this
cruel, incurable disease. When he lost of the use of his hands, he turned to
writing (with the aid of his computer) to express himself. This book is a
result of several years of posts on his popular blog.
I enjoyed his original and creative style, and because of
his humor and sense of the ridiculous, the reader does not read about his life
with pity but with interest and respect. Though many of his essays are
philosophical or humorous, an occasional mention of incompetent nurses (on whom
he must depend for every physical need) illustrates the fragility of his daily
existence. He finds daily support from his dedicated family, of whom he writes
with great love and admiration.
He also writes with great tenderness of love, especially
romantic love, and criticizes our cultural obsession with beauty; in a series
of essays dedicated to women of every nationality and culture, he expounds upon
their particular qualities that he finds beautiful and encourages them to
celebrate these features, while expressing his great admiration for them.
This is a touching and intriguing book; no one label can
describe this multifaceted look into the genius of Ricky Tsang’s mind. I hope
he continues to blog and publish, as his is a most original voice.
You can read an article about Ricky on the front page of The Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/living Saturday January 21, 2012
And you can visit him on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DearRicky
Ricky's website: http://www.rickytsang.ca/
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