“I don't want to be the person who gasps in fear whenever she hears the sound of a doorbell or a phone.… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
Cheryl Strayed reminds us, in her lyrical and courageous memoir Wild, of what it means to be fully alive, even in the… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
Some of my old memories feel trapped in amber in my brain, lucid and burning, while others are like the wing beat of a… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
“What will life be like without her? I am dreadfully sad she is leaving. What if she just disappears; gets tired of all this… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
We humans are different - our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them, our recollections in their… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
Eloquent and moving... an extraordinary testament to the enduring power of love - beyond faith and dogma. It reminds us of why we are… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
“At the bottom of the box were two big fairy-tale collections our father had sent us sometime after our parents divorced in 1963. I… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
“He [Nicolaus Steno] told the audience, "Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
“Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do comprehend.” — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
We children of schizophrenics are the great secret keepers, the ones who don't want you to think that anything is wrong. — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Stein’s memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found, and about the author’s journey to reclaim—and celebrate—that… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
“Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel says we are who we are because of what we learn and what we remember. Who am I, then,… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
