A review by stevenyenzer
The Family that Couldn't Sleep by D.T. Max

4.0

The title of this book is too limited — it's really about prion diseases as a whole, and Max covers fatal familial insomnia, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeld-Jakob Syndrome, and a range of other similar illnesses. But The Family That Couldn't Sleep doesn't read like a textbook. It's very personal, and Max provides a personal account of these ancient diseases.