This week we welcome back Patricia Arato as part of our encore series. Patricia Arato’s book The Language Thief is her “personal story, one that has taken a life-time to unfold.” Her memoir tells of her many years caring for and rehabilitating her aphasic ex-husband and how, because of that work, she became the driving force behind an independent speech recovery centre, which has become a model for similar centres around the world. The Aphasia Institute – Pat Arato Aphasia Centre operates today in Toronto, supporting people affected by aphasia as a result of a stroke/brain injury.