Sunday, January 31, 2010

Our monthly book club meets Tuesday night--don't miss it!


My Stroke of Insight
by Jill Bolte Taylor

No experience or membership necessary: first-timers always welcome!

Tuesday, February 2nd, 6:30pm
In the cozy Grass Roots Loft.

In 1996, 37-year-old neuroanatomist Taylor experienced a massive stroke that erased her abilities to walk, talk, do mathematics, read, or remember details. Her remarkable story details her slow recovery of those abilities (and the cultivation of new ones) and recounts exactly what happened with her brain. This is a fascinating memoir of the brain's remarkable resiliency and of one woman's determination to regain her faculties and recount her experience for the benefit of others. Taylor repeatedly describes her "stroke of insight"-a tremendous gratitude for, and connection with, the cells of her body and of every living thing-and says that although she is fully recovered, she is not the same driven, type-A scientist that she was before the stroke. Her holistic approach to healing will be valuable to stroke survivors and their caregivers, who can pick up suggestions from Taylor's moving accounts of how her mother faithfully loved her back to life.

Paperback, $15.00
On sale for 15% off through February 2nd.

We hope to see you there!

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