Title of the Book: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Author: Jean Dominique Bauby
Number of Pages: 144 Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review:

Have you possibly thought about writing your memoir with one eye?

This was the process of Jean-Dominique-Baby after he had a massive stroke that paralyzes his whole body. Prior to this devastating accident, Jean had been the editor-in-chief of a very famous French women's magazine. From 1991-1995 Jean had established a very large fan base by using very diverse and poetic language throughout his career.

Personally, from my perspective what makes this book so unique is the intensity of emotion displayed by Jean. The “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” took ten months to write with the progress of 5 hours a day. If you read this book without knowing the author or the background he came from or the trauma he faced, you would be somewhat enthralled by descriptions of his emotional life. 

Over the course of the book, Jean was able to visit with many people who admired his work, give plenty of love to his two children, travel many beautiful places to see landscapes in his final years of life. If I were to recommend this book, I would say that the reader needs to be sensitive and sophisticated in order to really comprehend the artwork that came of Jean- Dominique-Bauby’s life.