“It often struck Nina that women who seemed capable of only limited mental tasks in most situations could retain information regarding other peoples weight for years, sometimes decades. Unlike genuine idiots savants, they couldn't tell you that December 13, 1972… — Marissa Piesman Copy Share Image
“Ida was a natural historian who knew how to throw in enough fiction to keep up dramtic tension. And she was replete with details, like a big fat colorful nineteenth-century historical novel, inching forward slowly....Ida's narrative line, like her waistline,… — Marissa Piesman Copy Share Image
“It often struck Nina that women who seemed capable of only limited mental tasks in most situations could retain information regarding other peoples weight… — Marissa Piesman Copy Share Image
“Ida was a natural historian who knew how to throw in enough fiction to keep up dramtic tension. And she was replete with details,… — Marissa Piesman Copy Share Image
