- Published: 21 May 2019
- ISBN: 9780241980934
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $22.99
The Unmapped Mind
A Memoir of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis and Learning How to Live
- Published: 21 May 2019
- ISBN: 9780241980934
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $22.99
[An] excellent memoir... he describes the brain in vivid, poetic detail
Financial Times
A moving, gracefully written story
Publishers Weekly
A poignant account of living with MS... with a total lack of self pity and much gentle humour, Donlan explores the nooks and crannies of his behaviour.
The Times
A wonderful, moving, powerful and immersive book which will help anyone who has or knows someone with MS. Christian Donlan's takes us inside his mind and his beautiful relationship with his daughter, helping us to look at our own relationships from a fresh perspective.
Julia Samuel
An amazing and wonderful piece of writing. I could not put it down
Claire Tomalin
An unprecedented first-hand account of the effects of brain disease, and what it is like to have your thoughts shift from under you. Donlan brings us a poetic, compelling and wonderful book. Simply enchanting.
Daniel Levitin
Beautiful and delicately written with the power to shift your world view
Emerald Street
Christian Donlan tells a riveting adventure story as he explores the mysterious paths that connect the body and the brain-and the scary and joyous land of fatherhood. He writes with vivid candour and startling humour about topics that range from the history of neurology to the maddening grey zone between illness and diagnosis. At its heart, this is a book of awe - at how the body works and doesn't, how it grows and fails, and how even the most unwelcome events can sometimes help us break free from old ways of thinking to powerful new ones.
Will Schwalbe, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Your Life Book Club and Books for Living.
In this poignant book, Donlan finds in curiosity, writing, and family the surest salves for the terror of chronic illness and mortality
Kirkus Reviews
Perhaps never before has the full palette of the inner ebb and flow of MS been so frankly exposed... Will resonate with other people with MS, and also, so importantly, with their family and friends... an invaluable resource
Times Literary Supplement
Really beautifully done; reminds me of When Breath Becomes Air. I love it
ReadItForward
Remarkable and revelatory, this is a dazzling achievement
The Sunday Times
This is an inspiring tale of a man trying to wrestle an incurable disease into a kind of submission, using intellect and love and logic... [A] marvellous book
Daily Mail
This is not a tale of tragedy but one of re-engaging with the world - or realising what's truly important
Stylist
Thoughtful and quietly moving
Daily Telegraph