One Hundred Names for Love by Diane Ackerman
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Everyone who cherishes the gift of language will cherish Diane Ackerman's narrative masterpiece, an exquisitely written love story and medical miracle story, one that combines science, inspiration, wisdom, and heart.
One day Ackerman's husband, Paul West, an exceptionally gifted wordsmith and intellectual, suffered a terrible stroke. When he regained awareness he was afflicted with aphasia—loss of language—and could utter only a single syllable: "mem." The standard therapies yielded little result but frustration. Diane soon found, however, that by harnessing their deep knowledge of each other and her scientific understanding of language and the brain she could guide Paul back to the world of words. This triumphant book is both a humane and revealing addition to the medical literature on stroke and aphasia and an exquisitely written love story: a magnificent addition to literature, period.
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One Hundred Names for Love will be published in April 2011.
For more information on the book: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=20537
Read an adapted excerpt in the New York Times Magazine: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/magazine/13lives-t.html
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Cindy survived her brain aneurism..Just can't drive long distances and takes on nap a day.So, Centrum is sort of out..and she began it in 1970's, with some gaps. This book was great, not depressing-This video
touching..I LOVE Ackerman's writings.Her marriage and hubby survived! xob The One Hundred Names video, and book-Cheering!B
MsCentrum04 8 months ago
haven't read the book, but am comforted by seeing this...
TheoSaunders 8 months ago