I heard about Jean-Dominique Bauby’s remarkable story in Anna Lyndsey’s memoir and decided to it check out. His memoir, written blink by blink, chronicles his thoughts and feelings about his tragic situation. Bauby suffered trauma to his brain stem during a stroke which trapped him inside of his head, a phenomenon known as “lock in syndrome.” I never like critiquing memoirs because they’re someone’s real story and it’s unfair to say that you didn’t like the plot of someone’s life. In particular it’s hard to criticize […]