{"product_id":"dear-oliver-susan-r-barry-9781891011306","title":"Dear Oliver: An Unexpected Friendship with Oliver Sacks","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo the world, he was Dr. Sacks, the brilliant neurologist behind bestselling books like \u003cem\u003eMusicophilia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.\u003c\/em\u003e To professor Susan Barry, he became Dear Oliver--her mentor, friend, and confidant over the course of their unlikely, engrossing ten-year correspondence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins with a letter that Sue almost doesn't send. Dear Dr. Sacks . . . You asked me if I could imagine what the world would look like when viewed with two eyes. Sue's unheard-of case history--as a \"stereoblind\" patient who acquired 3D vision in adulthood--so fascinates Dr. Sacks that he immediately asks to visit her. As \"Stereo Sue,\" she becomes the subject of one of his indelible \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e pieces--and, as a fellow neuroscientist, his sounding board for every kind of intellectual inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir shared passions--from classical music to cuttlefish, brain plasticity to bioluminescent plankton--spark a friendship that buoys both of them through life's crests and falls: as Sue becomes an author in her own right, as she supports her father in his decline, and as Oliver becomes a patient himself--battling cancer that, in a painful twist, robs him of his own vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Sacks's letters to Sue offer his devoted readers an unprecedented glimpse of the man himself--from his legendary compassion and insight to his love of the periodic table (which he kept in his wallet). Throughout \u003cem\u003eDear Oliver\u003c\/em\u003e, we are reminded that true friends help each other see the world a little differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan R. Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1891011308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781891011306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.84w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2024","brand":"Susan R. Barry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44540477800703,"sku":"9781891011306","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_feab6f6f-dabd-4c4a-8138-957e47284bbf.jpg?v=1700588126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-oliver-susan-r-barry-9781891011306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}