"[3] The novel focuses on 37-year-old Sarah Nickerson who gets into a car accident and receives left neglect, a condition which results from damage to the right hemisphere of the brain.

Prior to the accident Sarah has a busy work and personal life,[3] and this portion of the novel documents her daily routine.

[6] Sarah asks her husband to quit his job and the two move to a weekend house in Vermont while navigating their new lifestyle and careers.

[5] Jessica Treadway of The Boston Globe wrote that Left Neglected "is a novel worth reading for the way it informs a little-known medical condition, as well as the engaging story of a character who transcends what could have been a tragedy to find a fresh appreciation for life.

"[4] Carla Lucchetta of The Globe and Mail concluded that Genova successfully depicted left side neglect.