"Their story is an extraordinary love story, and that a devastating stroke intervened has made it only more moving." International Herald Tribune "...inspiring, affecting book..." The Times "Renewed my faith in the redemptive power of love." The New York Times Book Review "A companionable, heartfelt, informative book, this is much more than a memoir." Scottish Sunday Herald "This book is a mature love story, a meditation on vulnerability and resilience, a celebration of the gift of language and a valuable addition to the medical understanding of stroke." Human Givens Journal "An inspiring story of the triumph of love and creativity." Woman Alive "If ever a medical memoir wrested beauty from the bleak, One Hundred Names for Love, by Diane Ackerman, is it." Jewish Chronicle

Diane Ackerman is the author, most recently, of The Zookeeper's Wife and Dawn Light. Author website: www.dianeackerman.com