My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

My Stroke of Insight

Jill Bolte Taylor

206 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology science emotional medium-paced

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The astonishing international bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment. On the morning of the 10th December 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a...

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informative 87%
inspiring 65%
reflective 56%
hopeful 47%
emotional 36%
challenging 10%
funny 10%
sad 5%
dark 1%
lighthearted 1%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%
tense 1%

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fast 19%

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