Double Take: A Memoir Book

When I first started this book I wasn't sure what all the pictures were about. I try not to read the synopsis on the front inside or back of the book because too often they contain spoilers. So I kept seeing these pictures of people in foreign countries that obviously weren't the authors family. I finally had to look and then it all made sense. The book starts off good. The author is born perfectly normal, except for one thing...he doesnt have any legs. But he went on to have a fairly normal childhood. He doesn't like artificial legs or wheelchairs and finds it easier to get around on his hands. He seems to get in fights occasionally with kids that tease him and I find it hard to believe that even a kid would tease someone about not having legs, but who knows. Nothing seems to hold him back from life and he leads a fairly normal life. As a college student he was able to travel to several countries and found it was easier to get around on a skateboard. He decided to take pictures of the people he caught staring at him. This is where he kind of lost me. A guy with no legs going all over on a skateboard and he is offended by people staring at him. And in one country he even got offended by a guy that came right up to him and asked him what happened to him. So I was kind of confused exactly how he wants people to react to him. But he never really tells us. He is upset when people stare and upset when people try not to stare. I think people are uncomfortable with people with disabilities because they dont know how their reactions are going to come across. Hence, the 3 star rating, but could have been 4 or 5 stars if he had told more about the pictures and the people's reactions, maybe interview some of the people, and less about his being butt hurt about how people look at him in public.