Episode : Wonder
00:00:00 - Hey everybody, and welcome back to another edition of our podcast where we will review books you should read.
00:00:13 - I'm Diego, welcome, stay with us, take a cup of coffee, and tune in, let's begin.
00:00:30 - Thank you, thank you so much.
00:00:35 - So today we have a bestseller that was brought to the big screen in 2017, a book that I am sure everybody will love, wonder, but before we begin the book I would like to talk about the woman that made this book possible, Raquel Haramillo Palacio, well Raquel was the descendant of Colombians. She was born in Queens, a really famous district in the United States, where she grew up and not gonna lie she really had a nice childhood. Since she was a little girl she has enjoyed writing and before she wrote the book that took her to the fame she used two illustrate books her own books her own stories so now maybe some of you should be asking why she wrote this book which was the reason that that gave her the idea to write this book so everything in this life has a reason so I will answer your question the story is based in one of her experiences she mentions on the book. So let me explain you the aside and I'll try to thank you in a spoiler okay. Well Raquel was one day at the ice cream shop it was a really normal day with her husband and she was calmly waiting for her ice cream. But then a little boy arrived attracting a frequent case. His face had some malformations she she describes and he looked happy no matter everybody was looking at him but suddenly another kid from his same age pointed him and started crying her mom took him and they ran out of place this my home his face disappeared and he was looking really really sad so here's the main inspiration for Raquel to make this book definitely there couldn't be a better inspiration to make a book that touched everybody's hearts.
00:02:51 - Now I'll give you a brief summary of the story, so if you want to read the book you know about what it is.
00:02:59 - The story turns around August Polman, our protagonist.
00:03:02 - He's a 10-11 year old boy who has been born with Richard Collins syndrome, a genetic disorder characterized by chronic fascial mind formations.
00:03:12 - His parents are so overprotective with him and treat him like a small child, causing his older sister Olivia to feel displaced at times.
00:03:23 - He has never attended school, residing in home education from his mother, but then he assists to school by his own decision.
00:03:32 - He meets all types of people and has to offer different situations with his classmates.
00:03:38 - You will join to an adventure with him and his family.
book is divided into 8 parts. That's why I really enjoy it, because the same story is told from the perspective of different characters. So if you want to read it, don't doubt it.00:03:54 - And maybe read it tomorrow, maybe today, I don't know if you have free time, try to read it and take a cup of coffee, relax. And I'm really sure this is a book everybody should read, because it gives you precepts that you can use in your life it will definitely make you a better person so that's all for today for me and I will see you in our next podcast have a good one and goodbye
