But My Brain Had Other Ideas

An intimate and compelling memoir that explores the short- and long-term impact of brain injury—one that could happen again without warning—on the personal and professional life of a math professor, weaver, world traveler, and mother.

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2019 Voice Arts® Awards Nominee, Audiobook Narration, Biography, Best

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2017 USA Best Book Awards Finalist in Autobiography/Memoir




When Deb Brandon discovered that cavernous angiomas—tangles of malformed blood vessels in her brain—were behind the terrifying symptoms she'd been experiencing, she underwent one brain surgery. And then another. And then another. And that was just the beginning.








The book also includes an introduction by Connie Lee, founder and president of the Angioma Alliance. Unlike other memoirs that focus on injury crisis and acute recovery, But My Brain Had Other Ideas follows Brandon’s story all the way through to long-term recovery, revealing without sugarcoating or sentimentality Brandon’s struggles—and ultimate triumph.