Patient H69 reads like a thriller ... It is an extraordinary book. What begins as a surreal nightmare of decline becomes a rallying triumph of will and spirit.

The Times

For once, the adjectives slathered on a Dramatic First-Person Journey (raw, candid, tragic, inspiring) are warranted.

Times Higher Education Supplement

Follows this indomitable woman's struggles to win back her sight.

The Times, Saturday Review

This book reminds us to treasure the gift of sight.

The Time, Saturday Review

Brilliant, insightful, and inspiring. As Potter explores the science behind her condition, she celebrates the remarkable adaptability and flexibility of the human brain and gives us tools to overcome even the deepest traumas.

Susan R. Barry, author of Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Part patient diary, part journey into and out of blindness, part popular science book, this is an engaging and at times heart-breakingly sad account of what can happen when we lose our sight. A must read for anyone who does not see the world as others do and who wants to know why.

Hannah Thompson, Reader at Royal Holloway, University of London, and author of the Blind Spot blog