Here's a link to a letter 16 years old boy named David has sent to Wendy Mass
or, you can just read below !! :)
A letter from David, a 16-year-old synesthete
Hi, I just wanted to say that your book 'A Mango Shaped Space' is really touching and I'm glad that I ran across it because it shed some light on why these things go on in my head.
I'm an associating synesthete and after reading your book I discovered what it was I had.
And when I read Mia's description of listening to music, I jumped up and down excited like a 9-year-old because it's description was exactly like how I experience music. Music plays a huge part in my life and thanks to you I finally understand why I experience it in this way.
In fact, I thought everyone was like this until I read your book.
I found your book really accurate, so much that I thought you had it too! I really enjoyed it. I'm showing it to some friends and trying to get synesthesia more known throughout my school. I found a tight-knit group of synnies, a couple that I've known for a while but was unaware that they had it too, and we run tests on each other and do games and stuff. It's really fun!
Again, thanks for the great read. And in case you're wondering how all these synesthetes keep emailing you, someone put up your email address so we could babble like idiots about how we love your book.
-David (By the way, your name is a forest green with some yellow at the end, like sunlight peeking between the trees)
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