Reviews
One of iBook''s "Most Anticipated" Titles for Spring Included in the Top 10 of Publishers Weekly ''s "Spring 2018 Announcements: Memoirs & Biographies" "Lipska''s evolution as scientist, patient, and person explores the physiological basis of mental illness, while uplifting the importance of personal identity.... Lipska''s prose soars when narrating her experiences... her story is evidence that rich personal narratives offer value to an empirical pursuit of neuroscientific investigation." -- Science Magazine "A harrowing, intimately candid survivor''s journey." -- Kirkus Reviews "[A] fast-paced memoir...exhilarating." -- Publishers Weekly "As a director of the National Institute of Mental Health who focused on the impact of schizophrenia on the brain, Lipska knew a thing or two about mental illness. But she knew considerably more after she exhibited signs of the disease and came back from the brink with amazing insights...Her story conveys deep understanding about the brain and how disease, injury, and age can change our very selves." --Booklist "Oliver Sacks meets When Breath Becomes Air in this fascinating, page-turning account of insanity. Barbara Lipska''s remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains, and her harrowing journey and astonishing recovery show us that nothing is impossible." --Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played "A riveting science story about how brains go bad, interwoven with the remarkable personal story of one brain going spectacularly bad. A total nail-biter." --Lisa Sanders, New York Times best-selling author of Every Patient Tells a Story "A spellbinding investigation into the mysteries of the human brain, led by a scientist whose tenacity is as remarkable as her story." --Amanda Ripley, New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World and The Unthinkable "A superb memoir from a highly respected neuroscientist who is uniquely qualified to describe her titanic battle against malignant melanoma of the brain. Barbara Lipska clearly believes in those miracles that can be achieved through medical science, and also has an iron resolve to survive. Both qualities underpin this remarkable account of sanity lost and regained." --Frank Vertosick, author of When the Air Hits Your Brain "An extraordinary chronicle. Barbara Lipska''s story is inspiring and painful, but most of all it is a tribute to the human spirit told with the insight of a scientist and the love of a truly compassionate soul. I was hooked from the first page and could not put this down until the final sentence." --Thomas Insel, co-founder and president of Mindstrong Health and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health "In this fascinating book, a neuroscientist describes the terrifying symptoms she suffered as a result of multiple brain tumors. We learn about how the brain can produce bizarre and bewildering symptoms from the point of view of someone who has personal experience of aspects of the mental illnesses that she spends her life studying. The book is compelling and powerful, and hard to put down." --Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London "Diving inside some of the deepest mysteries of the human mind with someone who has spent her life studying exactly that, Barbara K. Lipska''s The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind describes the leading neuroscientist''s own descent into madness -- triggered by an aggressive cancer that spread to her brain, miraculously retreated just months later, and left Lipska not only with her memories intact, but with a whole lot more insight (and even more questions) into the human brain." -- Bustle , "14 Debut Books By Women Coming Out In 2018 That You Need In Your TBR Pile", One of iBook's "Most Anticipated" Titles for Spring Included in the Top 10 of Publishers Weekly 's "Spring 2018 Announcements: Memoirs & Biographies" "A harrowing, intimately candid survivor's journey." -- Kirkus Reviews "[A] fast-paced memoir...exhilarating." -- Publishers Weekly "As a director of the National Institute of Mental Health who focused on the impact of schizophrenia on the brain, Lipska knew a thing or two about mental illness. But she knew considerably more after she exhibited signs of the disease and came back from the brink with amazing insights...Her story conveys deep understanding about the brain and how disease, injury, and age can change our very selves." --Booklist "Oliver Sacks meets When Breath Becomes Air in this fascinating, page-turning account of insanity. Barbara Lipska's remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains, and her harrowing journey and astonishing recovery show us that nothing is impossible." --Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played "A riveting science story about how brains go bad, interwoven with the remarkable personal story of one brain going spectacularly bad. A total nail-biter." --Lisa Sanders, New York Times best-selling author of Every Patient Tells a Story "A spellbinding investigation into the mysteries of the human brain, led by a scientist whose tenacity is as remarkable as her story." --Amanda Ripley, New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World and The Unthinkable "A superb memoir from a highly respected neuroscientist who is uniquely qualified to describe her titanic battle against malignant melanoma of the brain. Barbara Lipska clearly believes in those miracles that can be achieved through medical science, and also has an iron resolve to survive. Both qualities underpin this remarkable account of sanity lost and regained." --Frank Vertosick, author of When the Air Hits Your Brain "An extraordinary chronicle. Barbara Lipska's story is inspiring and painful, but most of all it is a tribute to the human spirit told with the insight of a scientist and the love of a truly compassionate soul. I was hooked from the first page and could not put this down until the final sentence." --Thomas Insel, co-founder and president of Mindstrong Health and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health "In this fascinating book, a neuroscientist describes the terrifying symptoms she suffered as a result of multiple brain tumors. We learn about how the brain can produce bizarre and bewildering symptoms from the point of view of someone who has personal experience of aspects of the mental illnesses that she spends her life studying. The book is compelling and powerful, and hard to put down." --Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London "Diving inside some of the deepest mysteries of the human mind with someone who has spent her life studying exactly that, Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind describes the leading neuroscientist's own descent into madness -- triggered by an aggressive cancer that spread to her brain, miraculously retreated just months later, and left Lipska not only with her memories intact, but with a whole lot more insight (and even more questions) into the human brain." -- Bustle , "14 Debut Books By Women Coming Out In 2018 That You Need In Your TBR Pile"
