Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets

by Luke Dittrich

Book Overview

"Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King"* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M., a man who forever altered our understanding of how memory works--and whose treatment raises deeply unsettling questions about the human cost of scientific progress. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a story that has much to teach us about our relentless...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812992733
• ISBN13: 9780812992731
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"