Brain Damage
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Where were you (couch, bed, bath, a waiting room) when you couldn't put this book down, and what snack or drink kept you company?
If a bump on the head wiped out a stretch of your memory, which small, ordinary moment from your life would you be saddest to lose?
The heroine has to rebuild her sense of self from pieces. What little rituals, smells, or objects help you feel like yourself again after a hard stretch?
When she isn't sure who she can trust, what did you find yourself wishing she had: a friend, a place, a routine? What is that anchor in your own life?
Recovering from an injury is slow and humbling. Has there been a time when you had to lean on others more than felt comfortable, and what did that teach you?
The author is a real doctor who works with brain injury. Did any medical moments make you feel more tender toward patients, caregivers, or the healthcare workers in your life?
By the final pages, how did your feelings about the people around the heroine shift, and did that change make you look at trust in your own close relationships any differently?
After everything she goes through, what do you hope she carries forward emotionally, and what do you think she most needs in order to feel safe again?