This book really changed my opinion about what things people can control, and what things people can’t control. This author of this book is a neuropsychologist, but anyone can read it, because he goes easy on the jargon and explains things well. Anyway, he dedicates chapters to various people he has encountered with various brain conditions. These people have remarkable stories. I like the way the author doesn’t turn the patients into numbers or cases, like some medical books do. He manages to document the subjects cases with a warm touch. He preserves their humanity.