Martha Weinman Lear
“Lear, an award-winning health writer, took herself to the doctor for tests when she started forgetting things and having difficulty organizing her material, and she came away with good news for all of us.” – New Haven (Ct.) Register “She puts forward antidotes and exercises, physical and mental, that can amp up those aging memory cells…Lear’s wit and writing talent more than compensate for anything she forgot to include in this informative, engaging book.” – Booklist “Lear…strews her chatty and informative book with anecdotes and quotations from scientists. She seems to have met as many neurologists as there are kinds of dementia (about 70, including Alzheimer’s).” – Associated Press “She spent two years interviewing (experts) … The factual and entertaining book explores the issue of forgetfulness – why and when it happens and how we can compensate for it.” - Dayton (Ohio) Daily News “Forget names and where you put the car keys? After 50 you do lose some short-term memory – but you also gain a sharper ability to screen out what’s not that important.” – AARP The Magazine “Lear writes with anecdotal charm as well as reasoned reasoned research and the result is charming – and it should reassure many of us.” – Deseret (Utah) Morning News “The tome includes new findings from neuroscientists, psychologist and evolutionary biologists; amusing anecdotes; and such provocative topics as the upside of memory loss and why we are actually wired to forget…; the differences between his and her memories…and the future of memory enhancement.” – Hartford (Ct.) Courant |
Press Page REVIEWS OF WHERE DID I LEAVE MY GLASSES?“Lear offers a fascinating chapter on new research promising drugs to improve memory and cognition, and artificial intelligence that will ‘leave you with glorious memories of experiences that you never actually had.’ Lear writes clearly, personably and gracefully, and her new book deserves to attract many of the ‘worried well’ who want to know more about why they’re remembering less.” – Publishers Weekly “Journalist Martha Weinman Lear, a former staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and author of the bestselling memoir Heartsounds, has written a book that will bring more than just a little comfort to the 78 million baby boomers...This book is witty, insightful and, yes, comforting, and should be on the bedside table of almost everyone over the age of 30.” – Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen PRAISE FOR WHERE DID I LEAVE MY GLASSES?“Oh, how I loved this book! Rarely do you find one that informs as it entertains. Martha Lear does both. I laughed out loud and was reassured to know that when my friends and I forget names (as we so often do), it’s normal!” – Mary Tyler Moore “Lear writes reassuringly…pungently and wittily. This book is more than informative; it is a pleasure to read.” – Lewis P. Rowland, MD, professor of neurology, Neurological Institute, Columbia University Medical Center “Well-researched… presents a complex topic with clarity and humor.” - Margaret Sewell, PhD., Director, Memory Enhancement Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York “An informative (and enjoyable to read) overview of our current understanding of how memory changes with normal aging and what the future might hold for memory enhancement.” - Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, Director, Neuroscience Imaging Center, University of California, San Francisco “Hallelujah! It’s not Alzheimer’s! It’s Normal Memory Loss, and everyone over thirty must read Where Did I Leave My Glasses? By what’s-her-name.” - Patricia Volk, author of To My Dearest Friends Appearances: American Association of Medical Colleges, keynote speaker, San Antonio, Texas, November 1, 2008 The King’s English, Salt Lake City, Utah, 3/ Boston Public Library, Boston MA., 4/ |
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