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Book Review of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat : And Other Clinical Tales

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat : And Other Clinical Tales
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Dr. Sacks' books are fascinating due to the subject. The allow us to enter the world of the neurologically impaired. His book Awakenings was made into a movie. The 20 stories in this book are remarkable. He tells them with insight and compassion and in a moving way.

If you like this book, you probably would like his story of Temple Grandin, a woman who earned a graduate degree and designs humane slaughter buildings. It is also fascinating story of autism.