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The Answer to the Riddle is Me

David Stuart MacLean talks recovering from amnesia and his new book.

Aired 01/13/2014 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

The Answer to the Riddle is Me

Clip: 1/13/2014 | 12m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

David Stuart MacLean talks recovering from amnesia and his new book.

Imagine waking up on a crowded train platform in a foreign country. You don’t know where you are or even WHO you are. That’s what happened to Chicago author David Stuart MacLean. His new book, The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia, chronicles how he has spent much of the past decade trying to piece together the fragments of what he remembers of his former life. He joins us with his s

Aired 01/13/2014 | Rating NR

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