Audiobook: "Explaining Humans" by Camilla Pang

 An interesting audiobook, which describes human interaction from the viewpoint of someone with ADHD and Autism.

I'd probably have benefited from this book a lot more in my 20s and 30s than I did now. The metaphors for explaining humans using ideas such as "resonance" and "proteins" helped me to look at relationships in a new way and I'll be reflecting on these for a long time yet.

5/5, for outstanding similes and metaphors for the bewildering types of people who surround me.

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