Terribly sad and beautiful book. Totally recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it already.

Absolutely wonderful book, but in no way does Charlie, a just-above-mentally-retarded adult, remind me of a business owner, married with children, who falls somewhere on the Autism spectrum.

I mean, seriously, Charlie undergoes a beyond belief transformation as a result of his medical intervention, and later...(won't spoil it, read the book), while the person in the linked article has an emotional awakening of sorts, which itself could have very likely been influenced by a midlife crisis and general dissatisfaction in a marriage to a chronically depressed spouse.

I love that book and it was the first thing that came to my mind reading this story.

Reminds me of Larry David in Whatever Works. (I should read more.)