One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing

Name: One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing
Author: Diane Ackerman
ISBN: 9781410436481

Diane Ackerman

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#1034 of 3,809 books · #395 in Biography & Memoir

Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2012) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2011).

In 1999, Diane Ackerman's husband, Paul, suffered a massive stroke. He lost the ability to speak, read, or write—losing, it seemed, his very self. For months, he couldn't utter anything but "yes" and "no." Diane was determined to help him find his way back to language and to the man she loved. One Hundred Names for Love chronicles Diane's efforts to reach Paul through the labyrinth of his shattered speech. She tried unconventional methods—music, dreaming, even puns—to coax his voice back to life. Along the way, she explores the mysteries of language and the brain, and discovers how the recovery of language is, in essence, the recovery of self. This is a book about the fierce power of love and the fascinating workings of the human mind. It is an adventure in neuroscience, a journey through the geography of a marriage, and a testament to human resilience and the extraordinary lengths we will go to save those we love.

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