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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara K. Lipska, read by Emma Powell.
All we think, feel and dream, how we move, if we move, everything that makes us who we are, comes from the brain. We are the brain. So what happens when the brain fails? What happens when we lose our mind?
In January 2015 renowned neuroscientist Barbara Lipska's melanoma spread to her brain. It was, in effect, a death sentence. She had surgery and radiation treatments and entered an immunotherapy clinical trial. And then her brain started to play tricks on her. The expert on mental illness - who had spent a career trying to work out how the brain operates and what happens when it fails - experienced what it is like to go mad.
She began to exhibit paranoia and schizophrenia-like symptoms. She became disinhibited, completely unaware of her inappropriate behaviour. She got lost driving home from work, a journey she did every day. She couldn't remember things that had just happened to her. Small details like what she was having for breakfast became an obsession, but she ignored the fact that she was about to die. And she remembers every moment with absolute clarity.
Weaving the science of the mind and the biology of the brain into her deeply personal story, this is the dramatic account of Dr Lipska's own brilliant brain gone awry.
Critic reviews
"Oliver Sacks-meets-When Breath Becomes Air...Barbara Lipska's remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains." (Lisa Genova, best-selling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played)
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- 17-09-19
wonderful
amazing story . i could not leave it. it stayed with me many months after hearing it
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- 16-12-22
interesting but not very emapthetic writer
I found the story line and science interesting, would have liked more information about this. it seemed to focus instead on describing the various holidays of the author, it could have promoted more empathy by explaining and linking better to current systematic healthcare issues. not the authors fault she is privileged but a little more humility and sensitivity would have been good, so many are not so fortunate. perhaps a more outward looking chapter as a follow up to instill hope for others and action for others.
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- Señora Rivera
- 18-12-21
Interesting, but tiring
The narrator is exceptional. It has a good balance of facts about the brain and the author's personal story, which is very moving. The only thing that made it difficult to read is that the author brags a lot. Maybe it's to make a sharp contrast between her perfect life and the difficulties she went through, but it feels like a constant bragging of how rich and successful she and her children are. I wish I could have skipped those bits.
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- Rosie Watson
- 19-02-23
fascinating and so well written and narration!
Absolutely brilliant! The neuroscience is fascinating and her recovery incredible. love the narrator too
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