I bought this book on a whim; I can't even recall how I came across it. On page one the author describes the before/after experience of a medical nightmare and I was hooked. I've often explained my brush with death via bacterial meningitis this way and nobody quite understands like someone who has survived a medical hell. I found this book to be balm for my weary soul, and it's nice to know the are others out there who understand. Also? It is well-written and a interesting (true) story.