A review by firefly99
Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism by Dawn Prince-Hughes

2.0

The topic of the book is interesting, and I appreciate the struggles the author went through. She is not the first person with autism to connect deeply with animals, and it’s lovely that she had so much opportunity to spend time with the gorillas. There is a missed opportunity to discuss how understanding the zoo staff were, as their jobs often center around making accommodations for individuals with different needs. I was disappointed to get to the end to be confronted with a “free all apes” message, given how important the zoo was in the author’s own journey.