Out of the Darkness: An Inspirational Story of Survival in the Face of Stroke and Locked-In Syndrome

In an instant, forty-nine-year-old Allison O'Reilly went from being an active woman engaged in her family, the challenges of daily life, and a career as director of marketing for a Fortune 100 company to a life struggle to regain her independence. In Out of the Darkness, she shares her personal story of experiencing a brain stem stroke that left her in a locked-in syndrome.

Her memoir chronicles the events of her massive stroke, as well as her will and determination to fight for her life an...