“Oliver Sacks was like no other clinician, or writer. Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande offers the following praise for Mr. He celebrated neurological differences, he commended our neurological potential to adapt, and it seemed, he truly loved his patients. Some More About Oliver Sacks (I’m Getting to the Review I Swear, I Just Need to Fangirl a Bit More Okay?) Oliver Sacks the Humanist I swear, I’m getting to the review, but first, you need to know a little bit more about Oliver Sacks. The second book I left the library with was Gratitude, the quaint little book which I will be reviewing shortly. From frontal lobe damage, to autism, to prodigies, An Anthropologist on Mars covers a lot of ground and is both compassionate and utterly fascinating. Sacks tells 7 of his patients’ stories, and it is a beautiful expression of the diversity of the human condition. The first book was An Anthropologist on Mars, published in 1995. I ended up leaving the library with two books. But Trust Me, There’s More to Oliver Sacks Than Devilish Good Looksīut trust me, there is much more to Oliver Sacks than devilish good looks. I will admit, for a second, I dimly wondered whether I had unintentionally stumbled into a very different section of the library. The front cover features a portrait of a young Oliver Sacks sitting on a motorcycle, sporting a leather jacket. The second book to catch my dysfunctional eye was On The Move, Mr. Unfortunately, reading about migraines stresses me out, and so this is all I can say about this book. As a migraineur, I felt a rush of gratitude for this humanistic, non-medicalized sentiment. Migraine explores the complex, personal relationship that migraineurs have with their migraines. Luckily, I quickly stumbled upon Migraine by Oliver Sacks, published in 1970. This was a difficult feat, as a crowded bookshelf was a visual cacophony for my dysfunctional vision system. I was perusing the brain section of my local public library, searching for something, anything, to make me feel better about my brain injury. My first introduction to Oliver Sacks was a memorable one. Meet Oliver Sacks: A Neurologist, a Storyteller, and One Hell of a Cool Dude My Memorable Introduction to Oliver Sacksīefore we get into my review of Gratitude, let me tell you a bit more about Oliver Sacks.

Sacks bravely faces his own mortality and expresses his overwhelming gratitude for having lived a life worthwhile. The first essay was written just before his 80 th birthday, and the 3 subsequent essays were written in his last few months, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Gratitude is a quartet of essays and is the last of his publications. Sacks introduced the world to his patients with the utmost care, insight, and respect. Oliver Sacks was a neurologist, a storyteller, and one hell of a cool dude.

Gratitude by Oliver Sacks