Sunday, May 8, 2011

LEFT neglected by Lisa Genova

Wow! Just finished this moving book.  Sarah Nickerson's life is turned upside down when she is in an auto accident and suffers a serious head injury.  She loses track of everything on her left and to her left.  All the usual post-trauma things happen - Mom comes to take care of kids, job is left behind, money becomes a problem - but Genova gives it to us through Sarah. We are seeing and feeling what she sees and feels.  I know, this is the definition of first person, but it seemed so real to me I was dreaming about Sarah's convalescence and recovery.

Now, I'll have to read her first book, Still Alice, about a woman with early-onset Alzheimers - although I'm not sure I want to know.

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