Oliver Sacks, On The Move
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The Sunday Morning News was on this morning, I was still in bed, reading the first chapter of a book I'd received yesterday. The title of the book and the first chapter of which is: On The Move, author: Oliver Sacks. I was reading when I heard the news bit: "Oliver Sacks has died at age 82, he was the author of....etc.," He had been on my mind for several days, after a woman that visited me mentioned his name, and his autobiography which she'd read and thought was very informative about his strange life. That mention jogged my memory back to the day (in the mid 1980's) when a psychiatrist I was seeing handed me a book and asked if I'd like to read it: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat. After less than one chapter I closed the book and returned it unread because it made no sense to me. A few years later, I read the book, my idea of what is sensible had changed.
Date submitted:Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:20:42 +0000Coincidence ID:8218
