Sarah Nickerson is a high-achieving executive and mother balancing a demanding career and family life until a car accident causes traumatic brain injury. She develops Left Neglected, a neurological condition formally known as Unilateral Neglect. Her brain loses the ability to perceive anything on the left side of her visual field or body. The story documents her intensive physical and cognitive rehabilitation as she learns to navigate a world that is literally half-missing while reconstructing her identity apart from her professional status.
This book is for readers interested in neuropsychology and the lived experience of disability. It attracts those seeking a detailed look at brain plasticity and the grueling reality of medical recovery. Readers walk away with a functional understanding of how the parietal lobe processes spatial awareness and how a sudden shift in physical capacity forces a reevaluation of personal priorities and the pace of daily life.
Inward-looking; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
