Stir: A Memoir of Healing Through Food - Inspiring Recovery from Brain Injury with Comforting Home-Cooked Meals | Perfect for Brain Injury Survivors, Caregivers & Food Therapy Enthusiasts

Jessica Fechtor is someone I've never met in person, and yet I know that when we finally do meet, we'll need to hug. I've just started reading her memoir, _Stir_, and I literally won't put it down.Reading is very very hard for me: it hurts my eyes, since they don't track smoothly or evenly (since my own brain aneurysm). This is something I don't really talk about. Because I used to love reading. And now I barely ever read anything longer than 1-2 pages.Except for something very very special. I'll say to my husband, "I'm actually going to *read* this" (as opposed to skimming, or reading reviews, or listening to it on Audible...). It's my version of a high compliment. It's like saying, I want to read this enough to jump hurdles to do so.And Jessica's book *is* something very very special. Her writing is beautiful, honest, poetic in its precision and delicacy and power. Her writing makes me want to write. Her story is told in a lyrical and haunting and frank tone that invites the reader in. And then invites the reader to share a story, too. Reading _Stir_ is like sitting down at the kitchen table with a trusted and beloved friend. A generous friend. A friend who knows how you like your tea.Jessica, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.It goes without saying that you all should buy it now and start reading immediately.