Book recommendation: "A mind unraveled" by Kurt Eichenwald
A "Mind Unraveled" is a memoir written by Kurt Eichenwald, an American journalist and New York Times Bestselling author. In this beautiful memoir, Eichenwald recounts for his readers, his life with epilepsy which began when he was in high school, soon to depart for college. He discusses how epilepsy touched his life, his college experience, his career, and relationships. Throughout, he offers insights and honest descriptions of what it has been like for him to live with what became a chronic condition that is still with him even today.
The book allows the readers to see what Eichenwald's experiences were like from the time he began to experience seizures but was still undiagnosed, to being diagnosed by a painfully detached and ill-informed epilepsy “specialist” who makes harmful proclamations of what to expect from epilepsy and what not to expect from life. He delves into the stigma and discrimination he faced not only from the uninformed public but more painfully from those in professions of teaching and healing. He describes the difficult journey he embarks on to find treatments that are effective and allow him to get on with living life albeit with breakthrough seizures. This is just a sampling of what readers will find in this book because there is so much more that Eichenwald reveals chapter after chapter.
"A Mind Unraveled" is a story of challenges, of getting knocked down again and again, but also of astounding resilience, perseverance, and strength. Upon finishing this book, the reader is left feeling inspired to keep going and going no matter what.
Below is just a sampling of the glowing reviews that this book has received and for this reason, we encourage our newsletter readers to get their hands on this book perhaps for the summer months when there is more time for reading.
"His remarkable memoir reads, unaccountably, like the most hair-raising of psychological thrillers. . . . A Mind Unraveled is inspirational in the true sense of the word. . . . It is written with great verve and wisdom by someone who has closely and thoughtfully detailed his own plight as well as the journey out of it. I found myself reading it obsessively. . . . It is a book to take heart from."—Daphne Merkin, The New York Times Book Review
"A Mind Unraveled reads like a medical thriller, at times truly frightening but also deeply inspiring. This book will make me think differently as a doctor. Kurt Eichenwald is a tremendously talented writer. When you travel on his personal journey, it is pure gold."—Sanjay Gupta, M.D., chief medical correspondent, CNN
"This book absolutely floored me. It’s a medical mystery unlike any I’ve read before, with a propulsive narrative. Trust me, you won’t be able to put it down."—Bryan Burrough, New York Times bestselling author of Barbarians at the Gate
"This powerful account provides an important blueprint for anyone struggling to overcome serious challenges."—Katie Couric
"Kurt Eichenwald’s memoir is an immensely moving and captivating chronicle of his struggle with epilepsy. His unflinching descriptions of the extreme challenges of his condition have much to teach all of us about living. This is an extraordinary book."—Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Dance of Anger
"This is a very powerful, tremendously informative book. Pure emotional honesty has great impact, and that is what Kurt Eichenwald has provided here."—James Fallows, National Book Award winner and national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly
"A Mind Unraveled left me overwhelmed and speechless. Eichenwald’s story is breathtaking: devastation and inspiration all under one cover."—Susan Axelrod, founder of CURE (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy)
To look over the book details some more or to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Unraveled-Memoir-Kurt-Eichenwald/dp/0399593624
