DEAR GABRIEL – Letter to an autistic sonHalfdan Freihow – Allen & Unwin – NZ$27.99
MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
-A brain scientist’s personal journey
Jill Bolte Taylor – Hodder & Stoughton – NZ$32.99
Two compelling books about medical conditions common in our communities.
In the first, Dear Gabriel, a father writes a tender an honest letter to his son, which makes for a moving family memoir of the family’s complex relationship with their autistic child.
The author is a former newspaper, radio and tv journalist who now runs his own publishing. Dear Gabriel is his first book and was nominated for the Barge Prize, Norway’s most prestigious literary award.
In My Stroke of Insight Dr.Taylor takes us on a fascinating journey into the mechanics of the human mind. When she was 37 years of age she suffered a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. It took her eight years to completely recover and this is her story.
This book will be an especially valuable recovery guide to anyone touched by a brain injury.
Kim Hill spoke to Jill Bolte Taylor on her Saturday Morning programme on Radio New Zealand National on Saturday 5 June and you can listed to the interview until next Saturday by linking here.
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