Jules Montague (http://www.theguardian.com/profile/jules-montague) is a consultant neurologist in London, as well as a writer for The Guardian. Her clinical specialisation is early-onset dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. She works with patients who are losing their identities to dementia and brain injury.
Mind-blowing . . . riveting. * Irish Country Magazine * Beautifully written . . . a great book. -- Suzanne O'Sullivan, author of <i> It's All in Your Head</i>, winner of the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize A profoundly moving, revelatory book... Like the late Oliver Sacks, Jules Montague writes about bizarre cases. ...And yet, she is also writing about what it is to be human and the surprising fragility of our sense of self.' * Daily Mail * This is a book for anyone wanting to understand the human brain and personhood; it is a book for anyone with a loved one with dementia and for those of us who fear dementia . . . Montague takes the reader on an exquisite journey into the human brain and beyond that, to the metaphysics of personhood . . . Occasionally we come across a physicist or economist who, despite their subject matter, can stop you in your tracks. They reel you in without you realising. Montague is a neurologist who does exactly that. She has a rare gift: she makes her craft look simple . . . Throughout this book Montague displays a maturity and wisdom not always observed in clinicians or indeed any other kind of human. * Irish Times *