Eve LaPlante is the author of Marmee & Louisa, a dual biography of Louisa May Alcott and her mother, and the editor of My Heart Is Boundless, a collection of Alcott family papers. A New Englander with degrees from Princeton and Harvard, LaPlante wrote three previous books. Seized is a narrative portrait of a brain disorder that illuminates the mind-body problem. American Jezebel tells the true story of LaPlante’s ancestor, the colonial heretic and founding mother, Anne Hutchinson. Salem Witch Judge, LaPlante’s biography of the 1692 judge who became an abolitionist and feminist, won the Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction. Please visit with her at www.EveLaPlante.com.
“A major study . . . The implications for psychiatry
are staggering.” - Publishers Weekly
“Fascinating . . . LaPlante’s descriptions of the
human brain are wonderfully concrete, and her empathy for TLE’s
victims is clear.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Thoughtful . . . Highly recommended.” - Library
Journal (starred review)
“Lucid . . . Raises important questions and
illustrates how difficult is the understanding of human
creativity . . . Four stars.” - Los Angeles
Times
“LaPlante show how a brain scar may cause bizarre aggressive or
sexual behavior- and works of profound creative imagination.” -
Howard Gardner
“Presents complex medical issues in the language of the lay
person.” - EpilepsyUSA
“Compelling . . . Engrossing . . .
Intriguing.” - Neurology Bulletin
“Recommended for all who seek to explore the mysteries of how the
brain and mind interact.” - American Medical Writers
Association
“My patients can’t get enough of Seized.” - Physician in New
Jersey
“A wonderful book that I use in teaching and public speaking.” -
Nurse in California
Readers with epilepsy comment . . .
“The book I needed to read- profound, brilliant, a great comfort.”
- California
“After reading Seized I don’t feel alone anymore.” -
Mississippi
“Once I started reading Seized I couldn’t put it down. It was like
seeing myself, everything explained so clearly.” - Missouri
“Words cannot express how gratified I am to have discovered this
wonderful book.” - California
“Seized helped me understand and name my disease. Until now I was
afraid I was going crazy. Thank you!” - Georgia
“Superb. . . . The best explanation of TLE I’ve
seen . . . TLE is so often overlooked and its
victims misdiagnosed; I hope Seized can change that.” - New
Jersey
“This book has been my bible ever since my son was diagnosed with
epilepsy.” - Trinidad
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