An extraordinary personal journey...Ms Williams maps a territory that has seemed the most impenetrable of all... A fascinating testimonial to an intelligence undimmed by mental turmoil.

An astounding book...by a woman who has revealed a mysterious world to millions of others.

As brave a book as you'll ever read.

A powerful, myth-shattering vision from inside a condition that continues to baffle medical science.

By turns fascinating and harrowing...a riveting autobiography

...it is an extraordinary book: compelling, shocking, gut-wrenchingly moving...

Beautifully written. It left me with a sense of wonder at the resillience and grace of the human spirit

this book is absorbing, disturbing, enriching and it will cause many to revise substantially their views of what it is that constitutes psychological normality

... sometimes angry, often witty- Donna Williams' book unveils a brilliant mind blocked by a severe neurological disorder

...it is essential reading for anyone who has ever pondered the mysteries of self and had the alienating thought that there is no certainty that anyone or anything exists outside of one's own being