Author Lisa Genova holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard. In her second book. she tells the story of Sarah, a Harvard Business School graduate with a thriving career and a neglected family. On her way to work on a rainy day, she takes her attention away from the road to make a call on her cell phone, resulting in a tragic one-car crash and a traumatic brain injury. Sarah wakes up eight days later in the hospital with Left Neglect, a neurological condition where the body does not recognize the existance of the left side of objects (or their own bodies). Sarah must come to grips with her condition and her priorities in life.
I had enjoyed Genova's first book, Still Alice, about a Harvard psychology professor who develops early onset Alzheimer's disease, so looked forward to reading her latest. Left Neglected is the best book I've read in a while!
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