Full name: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death

Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby Year: 1997 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780375701214 0375701214

"Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication." In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French "Elle" and the father of two young children, suffered a massive stroke and found himself paralysed and speechless, but entirely conscious, trapped by what doctors call 'locked-in syndrome'. Using his only functioning muscle - his left eyelid - he began dictating this remarkable story, painstakingly spelling it out letter by letter. His book offers a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome, but it is also a triumph of the human spirit. Similar books: Still Waters by Jennifer Lauck Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness My Own Two Feet by Beverly Cleary I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This by Nadja Spiegelman Myself When Young by Daphne Du Maurier Then Again by Diane Keaton In Spite of Myself by Christopher Plummer Nevertheless by Alec Baldwin The Bill from My Father by Bernard Cooper Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden Kiss Me Like A Stranger by Gene Wilder Wildflower by Drew Barrymore Finding Fish by Antwone Q. Fisher In Pieces by Sally Field When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Educated by Tara Westover Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls