Left Neglected

By: Lisa Genova

Narrated by: Sarah Paulson

From neuroscientist and bestselling author Lisa Genova comes a story of resilience in the face of a devastating diagnosis. After a car crash leaves a vibrant mother in her thirties with a traumatic brain disorder called “left neglect,” she learns what truly matters most in life.

Sarah Nickerson, like any other working mom, is busy trying to have it all. One morning while racing to work and distracted by her cell phone, she looks away from the road for one second too long. In that blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her over-scheduled life come to a screeching halt. After a brain injury steals her awareness of everything on her left side, Sarah must retrain her mind to perceive the world as a whole. In so doing, she also learns how to pay attention to the people and parts of her life that matter most.

In this powerful and poignant New York Times bestseller, Lisa Genova explores what can happen when we are forced to change our perception of everything around us. Left Neglected is an unforgettable story about finding abundance in the most difficult of circumstances, learning to pay attention to the details, and nourishing what truly matters.

Left Neglected?

This is nothing like "Still Alice" - no matter how many PhD's you have you can't just pick an obscure syndrome and turn it into a relatable, emotionally affecting story. Few diseases are as frightening as Alzheimer's so "Left Neglected" has a hard act to follow. If Genova does not actually have EOAD and managed to write as intimately about it as she did in "Still Alice" you'd think she'd be up to the task of selecting some other more relatable disease around which to wrap her imagination.

The story takes forever with its initial laundry list of the perfect life, and the narrator has a lisp.

Another hit for Lisa Genova

Another great book from Lisa Genova, how she gets into these people's minds is just amazing. And how awful it would be to think you have no left side and there is no world on your left, heartbreaking and fascinating all at the same time.
Lisa Genova is an amazing writer because she takes you into the inner workings of a broken mind and makes you understand what they are feeling and going through.

The struggles Sarah goes through I can’t even imagine because who could imagine having left neglect, but you feel for her and struggle with her and cry with her and cheer for her. One thing I liked better in this one than Still Alice was Sarah had a supportive husband, Bob wasn’t perfect but he was there for her through it all. Also to see the relationship with Sarah and her estranged mother develop into what it did was very touching.

I enjoyed this book very much as I said it was fascinating to learn about this kind of brain injury.
Great Narration!

Enjoyable

I liked this book, the characters and storyline.. If this was the first Lisa Genova novel for me, I might even think it waa great. I've read several other LG books and I know the length and depth of her writing and this fell just a bit short. I loved Every Note Played and Inside the O'Brien's and there's just a missing fragment here in Left Neglected. I still found this story very interesting, nice character development, good subplot and it brought tears to my eyes a couple of times. Sarah Paulsen embodies the main character perfectly. I recommend this book with the caveat that if this is your first Lisa Genova book, KEEP READING her other work.

Fantastic story

Great book with a meaningful message. Loved it and feel that many people in the corporate world should read it!

Slow start

Slow start but I like the book very much in the end. The narrator was good.