San Francisco Chronicle, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Zibby Owen, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Named a Best Book of March by Los Angeles Times, Ms. Magazine, Alta Journal, Pure Wow, Write or Die Magazine
Featured on the Cover of The Washington Post Sunday Book World
"Heartbreaking yet hopeful, Pieces You'll Never Get Back embodies a woman full of grit and the determination to rediscover herself and heal from inconceivable damage." —Booklist Starred Review
"Ali’s extraordinary journey to rebuild a shattered sense of identity as a brain-damaged mother to a newborn
— is chronicled in unflinching detail... [A] vivid and visceral portrait of existence within a shattered
mind.”—Caitlin Gibson, The Washington Post
"Pieces You’ll Never Get Back: A Memoir of Unlikely Survival is a powerful, intensely personal book. As an
unflinching patient’s-eye record of a dangerous, poorly understood condition, it may also be an important one."—Kevin Canfield, The San Francisco Chronicle
"Every woman, and every man in her life, should read this book. Beautifully crafted, clear, and disarming, it is not a new motherhood memoir so much as it is a profound meditation on faith and connectedness, the self and uncertainty, and above all, recovery and resurrection. It’s an intimate portrait of one woman as she moves amid the wilderness between life and death, and it is astounding.” —Nina McConigley
"In Pieces You’ll Never Get Back, Samina Ali weaves a deeply moving story of resilience, spirituality, and the bonds that unite us across faiths and cultures. It is both a call for greater awareness of maternal health and a celebration of our shared humanity. A powerful testament to hope.” —Reza Aslan
"Herein, supple, luminous prose carries a message of near inconceivable resilience and hope. Pieces You’ll Never Get Back is an inspiring memoir about rising from despair and triumphing over catastrophic brain injury." —FOREWORD Reviews
