Loved the science. The drama? Not so much. "Left Neglected" is the story of Sarah, a workaholic 37-year-old mother of three, who thrives on work and stress, and is inordinately proud of her Harvard business degree. Sarah works from the moment she wakes until the second her head hits her pillow, with an hour or so off to kiss her children goodnight and put them to bed. Evenings at home with her husband consist of the two of them sitting side by side on their couch, each working on their own laptop. Romantic! 
 Clearly, something has to give. Sarah engages in unsafe driving throughout the first phase of the book, which just drives me nuts, so it's no surprise that a rainy-day commute in which Sarah is both speeding because she's running late and looking up phone numbers on her cell phone so she can be productive ends in disaster. Sarah's car spins out of control, and she wakes in a hospital bed with a brain injury, leaving her with Left Neglect: a neurological impairment due to right hemisphere brain damage, as a result of which she is no longer aware of "left". She doesn't see people sitting to her left, she has no idea where her left arm might be, she only eats the food on the right side of her plate. 
 "Left Neglected" is strongest when it focuses on Left Neglect and its impact. It's fascinating to read about Sarah's condition and therapy. Less fascinating is the remainder of Sarah's story. Just as you'd expect, the accident is a wake-up call for Sarah, which ultimately leads her to reevaluate how she's living her life, reconnect with her family, and make a deliberate decision about what matters. 
 If I had the option, I'd give this book 3.5 stars.