April Nonfiction (4/24/23)

This month we’re highlighting two fabulous nonfiction titles–a memoir from a doctor who cared for his father as his Alzheimer’s worsened and an essay collection from a math professor who is fascinated by the connection between her field and literature.

MY FATHER’S BRAIN: LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF ALZHEIMER’S BY SANDEEP JAUHAR

“The author’s brutal honesty—about his father’s decline and his own inability to fully reckon with it—is expertly complemented by his medical rigor. Every family who’s ever faced an Alzheimer’s diagnosis will see themselves in this exceptional work.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

ONCE UPON A PRIME: THE WONDROUS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MATHEMATICS AND LITERATURE BY SARAH HART

“This spirited…debut by Hart, a math professor at the University of London, surveys how math influences the structure, symbolism, and themes of literature. She posits that math and literature are linked in their common ‘quest’ to ‘understand human life and our place in the universe,’ and analyzes how [authors] make use of mathematical concepts in their work.”–Publishers Weekly

MY FATHER’S BRAIN: LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF ALZHEIMER’S by Sandeep Jauhar; 9780374605841; available now
ONCE UPON A PRIME: THE WONDROUS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MATHEMATICS AND LITERATURE by Sarah Hart; 9781250850881; available now