The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Mr. Bauby, the former editor of Elle magazine, suffered a massive stroke at age 43, leaving him with locked-in syndrome. He literally ‘blinked-out’ this amazing memoir with his left eye, one of the few functions over which he maintained motor control. His incredible story is an extraordinary reminder of the resiliency of the human spirit. Readers will never again look at a non-communicative patient in quite the same way.