One Hundred Names for Love by Diane Ackerman
No other writer can blend the science of the brain with the love of language like Diane Ackerman. In this extraordinary memoir, she opens a window into the experience of wordlessness--the language paralysis called aphasia. In narrating the recovery of her husband, Paul West, from a stroke that reduced his vast vocabulary to a single syllable, she evokes the joy and mystery of the brain's ability to find and connect words. Deeply rewarding to readers of all kinds, Ackerman has given us a literary love story, accessible insight into the science and medicine of brain injury, and invaluable spiritual sustenance in the face of life's myriad physical sufferings.
"This book…has renewed my faith in the redemptive power of love" -- Abraham Verghese - New York Times Book Review
"Breathtaking…hollowed out my chest…A splendid book." -- Karen R. Long - Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The driving emotional story, told with skill, is the retrieval of the exciting intimacy of language, which can have a healing power beyond that of medical science." -- Terri Apter - Times Literary Supplement
"Engrossing, affecting, sweetly funny, and mind-opening." -- Donna Seaman - Booklist (starred review)
"Breathtaking…hollowed out my chest…A splendid book." -- Karen R. Long - Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The driving emotional story, told with skill, is the retrieval of the exciting intimacy of language, which can have a healing power beyond that of medical science." -- Terri Apter - Times Literary Supplement
"Engrossing, affecting, sweetly funny, and mind-opening." -- Donna Seaman - Booklist (starred review)
Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393341744 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393341747 |
| Title | One Hundred Names for Love |
| Author | Diane Ackerman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2012-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award 2011 |
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