Short as it is, this book is extraordinary. For years, a young autistic woman was written off as severely mentally disabled. In truth, she possessed above-average intelligence and, unknown to everyone around her, had cultivated an extraordinarily rich inner life. No one understood this until she could express herself through "facilitated communication." In these pages, Katja recounts her suffering, her joys, her longings—and, in a deeply personal style, creates fairy tales. The closing chapters offer her mother's gripping testimony. Katja names God repeatedly throughout her book, which stands as proof that we must never abandon autistic people to isolation from religious experience.
- P. Henri Bissonier, 2001
(O. et L. n. 134)