An intellectually gifted insurgent: Diary of an extra-terrestrial Earthling

THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY "Setting free the intellectually gifted: Diary of an extra-terrestrial Earthling" (http://amzn.to/1TXD8OK), ASIN B01D7VZDC8, ISBN 978-1530637133.Please buy the new edition instead. At forty years of age, Abel Abelson discovers that he is intellectually gifted. Suddenly his eternal otherness is no longer a flaw. It is being called an asset, a plus, a gift But is it really? In the light of this discovery Abel revisits his past, unravels the present and reconstructs a future. Being intellectually gifted is just the tip of the iceberg. True meaning turns out to be hiding somewhere else, far beyond the giftedness concept. Open, direct and compelling - Abels diary speaks of love, failed over and over again, but finally won; of emancipation in a confused and confusing world; of emotions, profound and overwhelming; of ideas, old and new; of feeling different; of being lost, then found. Meet man, simian, human being, lover, hater, son, father, husband, hermit, child, adult, loser, finder. Above someone like you. Or not. "At forty years of age, Abel Abelson discovers that he is intellectually gifted. Suddenly his eternal "otherness" is no longer a flaw. It is being called an asset, a plus, a gift ... But is it really?"-- Provided by publisher. In the light of this discovery Abel revisits his past, unravels the present and reconstructs a future. Being intellectually gifted is just the tip of the iceberg. True meaning turns out to be hiding somewhere else, far beyond the "giftedness" concept. Open, direct and compelling - Abel's diary speaks of love, failed over and over again, but finally won; of emancipation in a confused and confusing world; of emotions, profound and overwhelming; of ideas, old and new; of feeling different; of being lost, then found."--Back cover