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 enlarge | Author: Ph.d., Jill Bolte Taylor
Publisher: Viking
Category: EBooks
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 71
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
ASIN: B0019IB0II
Publication Date: May 16, 2008
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 More like fiction than fact November 29, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a neuro ICU nurse, i could only bare to read about 75 pages of this book. If this woman was truly critical and believed that she was close to death (yeah right) and bleeding so badly that it encompassed (from what she was describing) about 1/3 of the left side of her brain, she would have been taken to the OR IMMEDIATELY, not sent home WITHIN A FEW DAYS without any intervention other than close monitoring. its obvious that she does not fully understand her own passion, the brain, when she complains about the nurses and doctors at the hospital checking up on her every couple of hours. Hello, lady. you had a ruptured AVM. they're monitoring for brain swelling, additional bleeding, midline shift, herniation (at the worst), whatever.
this woman is not only condescending to her audience (spelling out "ischemic" and "hemorrhage", like the general public doesnt know how to pronounce it or understand what a hemorrhage is) but she obviously thinks she can get away with pretty much BS.
Sorry, but this woman has proven that although i may not be a Brain Scientist from Harvard, i obviously know more about the brain than she does. Sad.
this book is fiction. or just a joke, period. theres a reason its not on the new york times best-seller list.
 Wonderful memoir November 29, 2008
I found the book totally engaging. Perhaps it is not for everyone but critics should be reminded that Jill`s personality shines through at the end chapters. By
then most of us feel very interested in her personal views even if we dont agree with all of it. The writing is not amatuerish as one critic posted Jill has made an exceptional contribution to so many in our society with her memoir. I will certainly donate my brain to Harvard after reading this. - Ms. Wheelchair Ohio 2007
 Boring November 27, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had a difficult time with this book. This book was selected by my book discussion group, so I had to read it. It was very tedious and I felt as if this was required reading for a class. I understood a little of the first part about how the brain works. That was good. I was told by a friend that the book becomes more intersting during and after Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke. It didn't. How could Taylor remember what was happening while she was having a stroke? I still don't understand what she was talking about when she talks of "fluidity" . This could have been a great story about recovery. Taylor mentions that she relearned to drive a car. I was interested on the techniques she used to relearn this skill. I found it interesting when she wrote about relearing how to use the laundrymat. I wish she had addressed more her relearning of tasks.
Taylor wrote how she is a better person now because she 's using her right brain. I found this to be mumbojumbo. Who knows- msybe she's a better person because she had time to examine herself and maybe because she was humbled by the fact that she became dependent on people.
Taylor repeated herself often and she wasn't a good writer. The information about the Havard Brain Bank was fascinating. I would not recommend this book .
insight November 26, 2008
Working in the health care field I have seen a lot of changes in the last 30 years. We look at strokes and dementia differently than before. It was nice for someone to say "I'm in here, come and get me". A new look at the patients that I care for. More kindness, more wondering at what is whirling through their minds and a knowing that they are communicating I just need to figure out what they are saying. Great book and Probably the most insightful and helpful book I have ever read. Thank you Jill Bolte Taylor.
Amazing account November 25, 2008
This is an amazing account of her experience and important information about how our brain works.
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