Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Once I started this book, I was addicted.
Sarah, a high-level executive with a demanding job, two mortgages, three children and a husband, is in a car accident. Eight days later she wakes up and realizes that she has lost her left. Her brain, as a result of the traumatic injury, is no longer able to able to even comprehend the idea of left. Not only does her body not have a left half, but neither does anything else. This "left neglect" is the focus of the story and we are able to travel the path of recovery with her. She learns a new life and faces challenges that are incomprehensible to me.
Early in the story she is explaining to a frustrated husband that it isn't as easy as looking around. She asks him to list everything in the room and he complies. When he's finished the list, she tells him to imagine being told that there is actually twice as much there and that he just needs to look harder to find it. Imagine trying to figure out a way to see something when you have no idea how there is another way to look. At that point, I was hooked.
I can hardly wait to listen to Still Alice!
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