Do I Know You?
A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination
by Sadie Dingfelder
Funny and surprising tour of the intricacies of the human brain. It piqued my interest as I suffer from a mild case of prosopagnosia — and after reading it I feel much better about myself. The author shows what neurodiversity really means and how it makes us all different. And, as the author writes, “at the moment when humanity is facing existential-level challenges, we need all brains on deck”.
Sadie Dingfelder has a real knack for making very complicated issues accessible. The first-person narrative works well here, as we join her on an expedition to diagnose herself and discover the roots of her uniqueness. I soon found myself rooting for her, even though I sometimes wondered if she wasn’t writing this book to get free access to very expensive medical procedures — she jokes about it a lot, but then again, with American health care costs, who could blame her?..
Thanks to the publisher, Little, Brown and Company,, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book.
