"Inspired by a segment originally aired on The Undefeated, ESPN Sports Center Anchor Elle Duncan shares a moving letter written for her daughter that will resonate with moms and daughters everywhere"-- Provided by publisher.

"The letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing his intimate thoughts on life and work, friendship and art, medicine and society, and the richness of his relationships with friends, family and scientists over the decades A prolific correspondent, Dr. Oliver Sacks--who describes himself variously in these pages as "a philosophical physician," "an astronomer of the inward," a "neuropathological Talmudist," and "a consummate...

Chronicles the friendship between an American girl and her pen pal from Zimbabwe, discussing how a class assignment was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.