Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales

From the bestselling author of On Gratitude and On the Move.

In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life - both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. Why do humans need gardens? How, and when, does a physician tell his patient she has Alzheimer's? What is social media doing to our brains?

In several of the compassionate case histories collected here, Sacks considers for the first time the enigmas of depression, psychosis, and schizophrenia, and in others he returns to conditions that have long fascinated him: Tourette's syndrome, ageing, dementia, and hallucinations. In counterpoint to these elegant investigations of what makes us human, this volume also includes pieces that celebrate Sacks's love of the natural world - and his last meditations on life in the twenty-first century. Everything in Its Place gives us an intimate portrait of a master writer and thinker at work.

Review: Life bursts through all of Oliver Sacks's writing. He was and will remain a brilliant singularity * The New York Times Book Review *

Magical . . . [Everything in Its Place] showcases the neurologist's infinitely curious mind * People Magazine *

Extraordinarily touching -- Simon Callow * The New York Review of Books *

Sacks further secures his legacy with this most recent collection of his work . . . The Shakespeare of science writing might suffice, but Sacks ultimately defies comparison to bygone or even contemporary authors * Scientist *

Beautifully crafted and profound * New York Journal of Books *