Fascinating stories from the front-line of brain injury, as well as an account of an extraordinary friendship.
Ben Platts-Mills lives in Hackney and has spent the last 14 years working for Headway East London, the charity that supports survivors of brain injury. In 2013 he led on the development of the life writing project, Who Are You Now? which publishes survivors' stories (www.whoareyounow.org).
Platts-Mills writes with truth and eloquence about his
relationships with brain injury survivors, and gives us insight
into what it is that makes us human, and how those relationships
can help us heal
*Julia Samuel*
Meticulous, thoughtful ... lyrical phrases are striking in their
precision
*TLS*
At turns heartbreaking and uplifting, this is not just a brilliant
book about the survivors of brain injury, but also a vivid and
unforgettable portrait of modern Britain by an
extraordinarily-gifted story-teller. Ben Platts-Mills tells the
stories of child-refugee Liah, ex-gangster Danny and computer geek
Matthew - in hourly peril of having their sense of self annulled -
with great vividness and imagination
*Robert Newman, author of Neuropolis*
An absorbing and moving account of what it is like to live with
brain injury. Ben Platts-Mills writes vividly
*Penelope Lively*
Remarkable. Heartbreaking and uplifting
*Foyles Newsletter*
In Ben Platts-Mills's extraordinary book, the characters of people
damaged by violence, stroke or accident of birth outshine the
medical details. He tells [their stories] wonderfully
*nature.com*
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