Sarah Nickerson is a busy wife, mother of three and high-powered business woman on the fast track to financial success. A graduate of Harvard Business School, she and husband Bob live in affluent Welmont, a suburb just outside Boston, and both are barreling down the rat-race track, when Sarah’s life is irrevocably changed by a car accident that’s leaves her with a brain injury.
Suffering from Left Neglect, a brain injury whereby Sarah cannot recognize her left side, she must relearn to walk, read, and force her brain to remember the existence of the left side of her body.
The injury irrevocably changes Sarah, her family and her life. She must re-evaluate what is important in this life, like family and health, and make some major changes in her work and home life.
This is the second book by Lisa Genova and is a heartwarming read about the human capacity to overcome tragedy and triumph; written with great insight, compassion and laced with a fair dose of humour to keep it all in perspective. Simply a lovely read.
What my fellow book clubbers had to say: This book sparked some really good discussion. We had fun talking about gender roles and how women are still expected to be supermoms. We acknowledged the book serves as a good reminder to stop and smell the roses, to live in the slower lane, and appreciate what you have, rather than working all the time to acquire more stuff. And we debated on the merits of rural or small town living verses the big city for raising kids and spending quality time as family. The overall consensus was that the book was quite good, though very light reading, and the only real criticism was that there could have been more character development throughout the book, and that it was difficult at times to identify with Sarah and her lifestyle, but other than that, it was quite a good read, really.
Till next time, happy reading!
L J
| TBR = 25 | WPL = 29 |
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