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by Lisa Genova
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BookHounds
BookHounds rated it 14 years ago
Sarah has an MBA from Harvard, a lovely family and an overwhelmingly busy life. When she gets distracted while driving, she ends up in an accident that causes her life to take a new direction and literally reprogram her brain to make up for the left part that doesn't function. She finds what truly...
Constantly Moving the Bookmark
Constantly Moving the Bookmark rated it 14 years ago
Sarah Nickerson has it all and juggles it beautifully until multi-tasking exacts its toll. While driving to work and making a quick call on her cell phone she is distracted from traffic just a blink of an eye too long and is involved in an accident. Although she survives the accident she has the e...
melissawritergrrlreads
melissawritergrrlreads rated it 14 years ago
A great story, really enjoyed it in the beginning (I think I read half the book in one sitting) but then by the end it started to feel like a public service announcement for NEHSA (sp?). Maybe it was the fact that I was also rushing to finish the book so that I wouldn't have to bring a hardcover (o...
Xpresso Reads
Xpresso Reads rated it 14 years ago
Left Neglected, though not as great as Still Alice (which still haunts me), is a very good story. I was debating on 3 or 4 stars. Halfway through the book I would have given it 4 stars. But because of the slower and sometimes boring second half I decided on 3. Sarah, an overachiever with a great car...
tens00
tens00 rated it 14 years ago
This book was amazing through and through. My only disappointment was that I found the ending a bit abrupt. Otherwise it was great!
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Fantastic, emotional, wonderful read!
Books and the Readers who read them
Books and the Readers who read them rated it 14 years ago
I won't write a long review for this book. Suffice it to say that I enjoyed it just as much as Still Alice. It was still riveting while be educational and scientifically interesting. I saw some parallels to Still Alice, in that the main characters in both books could be interchangeable. I feel like ...
JulieM
JulieM rated it 14 years ago
Left Neglected follows the life of Sarah, a Harvard MBA graduate whose work life balance is clearly out of whack as she tries to manage a demanding career while parenting her 3 young children. Her life is drastically changed when she is brain damaged in a car accident, caused by trying to use her p...
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