Lisa Genova's two novels Still Alice and Left Neglected prove that she has successfully managed to incorporate her neuroscientist background into captivating storytelling. Where her first novel followed a woman through the tragedy of early onset Alzheimer's, her latest explores the impact of a traumatic brain injury on a successful young woman.
StorylineSarah Nickerson is one half of an upwardly mobile, professionally successful, thirty something power couple. Sarah and her husband Bob are managing to juggle their 60-hour work weeks, three young children, and somewhat competitive relationship when their plans are derailed by a devastating car crash that causes Sarah to suffer from a type of brain injury called "left neglect," a complete lack of perception of things on the left, including an awareness of the left side of her body.