About the Author

Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa Genova is the New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O’Briens, and Remember. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart. Lisa graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University. She travels worldwide speaking about the neurological diseases she writes about and has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Today, PBS NewsHour, CNN, and NPR. Her TED talk, What You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer's, has been viewed over 2 million times.
 

Reviews

""Left Neglected" is a novel worth reading for the way it informs a little-known medical condition, as well as the engaging story of a character who transcends what could have been a tragedy to find a fresh appreciation for life." --"The Boston Globe"

"Achingly real. Beautifully written. Lisa Genova takes us on a moving journey of loss, forgiveness, hope, love and the resilience of the human spirit." -- Julia Fox Garrison, author of "Don't Leave Me This Way"

"Devastating and hopeful, haunting and familiar, "Left Neglected" is a triumph of insight and empathy." -- Stefan Merrill Block, international bestselling author of "The Story of Forgetting" and "The Storm at the Door"

"Intuitive and captivating. In this moving chronicle of a family's struggle with brain injury, Lisa Genova powerfully conveys the shattering trials of an ordinary life made alien by brain injury, and in the process reveals the true power and strength of the human spirit. "Left Neglected" will leave you stunned and inspired." --Michael Paul Mason, author of "Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath "

"Lisa Genova has done it again! By turns chilling and deeply moving, "Left Neglected" is a stunning reminder that a single moment can change a life." --Brunonia Barry, author of the New York Times best seller "The Lace Reader"

"Lisa Genova is the Michael Crichton of brain science. What she proved with "Still Alice", she proves again with "Left Neglected". This is huge, powerful human drama at its elegant best." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the New York Times bestseller "The Deep End of the Ocean"

"Once again, Lisa Genova goes where few authors dare, and mines a compelling and beautifully written story about finding peace, wisdom and human connection. While Sarah Nickerson's condition is rare, her journey is universal. " --Lynn Kiele Bonasia, author of "Summer Shift"

"Remember how you couldn't put down "Still Alice"? Well, clear your schedule--because you're going to feel the same way." --JODI PICOULT

“Devastating and hopeful, haunting and familiar, "Left Neglected" is a triumph of insight and empathy." -- Stefan Merrill Block, international bestselling author of "The Story of Forgetting" and "The Storm at the Door"

“Lisa Genova has done it again! By turns chilling and deeply moving, "Left Neglected" is a stunning reminder that a single moment can change a life.” --Brunonia Barry, author of the New York Times best seller "The Lace Reader"

“Lisa Genova is the Michael Crichton of brain science. What she proved with "Still Alice", she proves again with "Left Neglected". This is huge, powerful human drama at its elegant best." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the New York Times bestseller "The Deep End of the Ocean"

“Once again, Lisa Genova goes where few authors dare, and mines a compelling and beautifully written story about finding peace, wisdom and human connection. While Sarah Nickerson’s condition is rare, her journey is universal. “ --Lynn Kiele Bonasia, author of "Summer Shift"

“Remember how you couldn’t put down "Still Alice"? Well, clear your schedule—because you’re going to feel the same way.” --JODI PICOULT

"Imagine your too busy, over scheduled, Type A life coming to a screeching halt. That is what happens in Lisa Genova's timely new novel, LEFT NEGLECTED. As her protagonist, Sarah Nickerson, works her way through a devastating brain injury and back into that hectic life, she is forced to re-evaluate what really matters. I dare any reader to not do the same in their own lives after reading this book." --Ann Hood

"The journey Lisa Genova takes us on in "Left Neglected" is a personal one, for any woman who's ever had to make a business call while driving to day care, or who finishes a full day's work at a high-powered job only to start the second shift as a mom: sometimes, we literally need a shock to the system to remember what matters the most in life. Remember how you couldn't put down "Still Alice?" Well, clear your schedule - because you're going to feel the same way." --Jodi Picoult, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "House Rules" and "Sing You Home "

""Left Neglected" is a novel worth reading for the way it informs a little-known medical condition, as well as the engaging story of a character who transcends what could have been a tragedy to find a fresh appreciation for life."

--"The Boston Globe"

"Achingly real. Beautifully written. Lisa Genova takes us on a moving journey of loss, forgiveness, hope, love and the resilience of the human spirit." -- Julia Fox Garrison, author of "Don't Leave Me This Way"
"Devastating and hopeful, haunting and familiar, "Left Neglected" is a triumph of insight and empathy."

-- Stefan Merrill Block, international bestselling author of "The Story of Forgetting" and "The Storm at the Door"

"Intuitive and captivating. In this moving chronicle of a family's struggle with brain injury, Lisa Genova powerfully conveys the shattering trials of an ordinary life made alien by brain injury, and in the process reveals the true power and strength of the human spirit. "Left Neglected" will leave you stunned and inspired." --Michael Paul Mason, author of "Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath "
"Lisa Genova has done it again! By turns chilling and deeply moving, "Left Neglected" is a stunning reminder that a single moment can change a life." --Brunonia Barry, author of the New York Times best seller "The Lace Reader"
"Lisa Genova is the Michael Crichton of brain science. What she proved with "Still Alice", she proves again with "Left Neglected". This is huge, powerful human drama at its elegant best." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the New York Times bestseller "The Deep End of the Ocean"
"Once again, Lisa Genova goes where few authors dare, and mines a compelling and beautifully written story about finding peace, wisdom and human connection. While Sarah Nickerson's condition is rare, her journey is universal. " --Lynn Kiele Bonasia, author of "Summer Shift"
"Remember how you couldn't put down "Still Alice"? Well, clear your schedule--because you're going to feel the same way."

--JODI PICOULT

"Devastating and hopeful, haunting and familiar, "Left Neglected" is a triumph of insight and empathy."

-- Stefan Merrill Block, international bestselling author of "The Story of Forgetting" and "The Storm at the Door"
"Lisa Genova has done it again! By turns chilling and deeply moving, "Left Neglected" is a stunning reminder that a single moment can change a life."

--Brunonia Barry, author of the New York Times best seller "The Lace Reader"

"Lisa Genova is the Michael Crichton of brain science. What she proved with "Still Alice", she proves again with "Left Neglected". This is huge, powerful human drama at its elegant best."

--Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the New York Times bestseller "The Deep End of the Ocean"

"Once again, Lisa Genova goes where few authors dare, and mines a compelling and beautifully written story about finding peace, wisdom and human connection. While Sarah Nickerson's condition is rare, her journey is universal. "

--Lynn Kiele Bonasia, author of "Summer Shift"

"Remember how you couldn't put down "Still Alice"? Well, clear your schedule-because you're going to feel the same way."

--JODI PICOULT

"Imagine your too busy, over scheduled, Type A life coming to a screeching halt. That is what happens in Lisa Genova's timely new novel, LEFT NEGLECTED. As her protagonist, Sarah Nickerson, works her way through a devastating brain injury and back into that hectic life, she is forced to re-evaluate what really matters. I dare any reader to not do the same in their own lives after reading this book."

--Ann Hood

"The journey Lisa Genova takes us on in "Left Neglected" is a personal one, for any woman who's ever had to make a business call while driving to day care, or who finishes a full day's work at a high-powered job only to start the second shift as a mom: sometimes, we literally need a shock to the system to remember what matters the most in life. Remember how you couldn't put down "Still Alice?" Well, clear your schedule - because you're going to feel the same way."

--Jodi Picoult, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "House Rules" and "Sing You Home "

In neuroscientist Genova's second novel (after Still Alice), a car crash gives a successful younger woman an obscure neurological syndrome called Left Neglect. Upwardly mobile Sarah and Bob Nickerson live in suburban Massachusetts with their three small children. Both work 60-hour weeks, though the economic downturn looms. When Sarah wakes up eight days after crashing her car on the way to work, the doctors inform her of her condition, which causes her brain to ignore the left side of everything, and she begins a long and uncertain recovery. Genova vividly describes Sarah's fear and frustration about a recovery that may never come, turning her struggle into a lesson in forgiveness, acceptance, and adaptability; insights reveal themselves with extreme clarity, and small moments between Bob and Sarah illustrate his stalwart love, though readers may want a more thorough investigation of his growing role as caretaker, and as a character. More accessible than her somber first book, which dealt with early-onset Alzheimer's, the central condition causes readers to wonder what brain disease she will think of next. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.