“A radio interview with NYT columnist Brooks enticed me to read this. He has presented current brain research in a easily accessible way for "the rest of us." He creates a recognizable couple and tracks their lives inserting the research along the way. There are extensive notes for specific pages for those wanting more information about the research but no footnotes in the text itself. This helps for those wanting to read the book like a novel. The writing is very good and I had a number of laugh-out-loud moments either from recognition of the truth of it all or from the smart writing. Near the end he refers to Viktor Frankel's wonderful book, Man's Search for Meaning--one of my great favorites.”
Carol M wrote this review Saturday, May 14, 2011.
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