Great read
When Things Are Alive They Hum by Hannah Bent, Ultimo Press
In Harper Ming Hua Eve, author Hannah Bent has created a literary heroine of such pure beauty she takes your breath away, which is pertinent since breath is something Harper craves. We meet this very special young woman at the age of 21 when her health is failing her, as it has so many times before. Nevertheless, Harper displays a zest for life and cheerfulness that makes anyone who meets her, not least the reader, question their own outlook. She can’t abide those who damn her condition as Down syndrome – to Harper it is Up syndrome, beneficent and rather fabulous.
Harper’s vision of the world, of her family, her boyfriend and of human
