This text provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of recovery after stroke, as well as a summary of the sequelae of stroke, together with the evidence for rehabilitation of persons with these different sequelae. Many available texts cover the medical diagnosis and treatment of stroke, but few address what happens once a person with stroke has been stabilized. The editors state that a key purpose of Recovery after Stroke is to address a gap in the textbook field in the areas of recovery and rehabilitation after stroke, and, in this purpose, they succeed. This book provides an excellent summary of many aspects of stroke rehabilitation. It is structured in a series of chapters, each by authors well known in the field. The chapters cover topics from the regenerative ability of the central nervous system and cerebral reorganization after sensorimotor stroke, to measurement and the evidence for the impact of rehabilitation on outcomes for persons with stroke, to such topics as balance disorders, aphasia, depression, sexuality, and recovery of cognition. The only topic area not included in detail is aerobic fitness after stroke; this inclusion would be most welcome in a later edition. The initial chapters describing the epidemiology of stroke and the potential for the brain to reorganize after stroke, as well as those that introduce the idea of measuring outcome after stroke and the evidence for rehabilitation and physical therapy, provide an excellent review of these subject areas. As well, these chapters introduce the individual topic areas subsequently covered in the text quite well. Each topic area covered in these later chapters stands alone very well in terms of providing an overview of the topic in question and as a reference for further investigation. In each chapter, the authors review their chosen topic with substantial reference to current literature. This approach will appeal to all rehabilitation professionals looking for a single-source reference text that is founded in evidence. One challenge for readers of any textbook is the analysis of the currency and completeness of evidence included. In this text, currency of the literature varies; however, chapters addressing areas with significant current research, such as “Cerebral Reorganization after Sensorimotor Stroke,” include many recently published articles in their summaries. A review of this chapter in particular also highlights the inclusion of literature from emerging fields, such as newer imaging techniques. Although each chapter describes the evidence for the topic under discussion, they do not provide a systematic review of the literature; nowhere do the editors or the authors of any chapter state that any subject is reviewed systematically, a limitation worth noting for potential readers. For example, the chapter investigating balance disorders after stroke describes the different ways of assessing balance, including clinical balance scales and qualitative analysis of balance reactions, based on laboratory force plate analysis and posturography. However, the authors also include a significant section describing a test they developed, which is treated in considerably more detail than any other assessment method. In addition, the tests described are all limited to assessing persons with significant physical impairments, with limited description of analysis or recovery of individuals with higher-level postural control, as is more typical in the community rehabilitation sector. This book will interest a wide audience in the rehabilitation field. An excellent reference text, it covers a wide variety of subject areas, in many of which physiotherapists may have more limited formal training but will find of interest if they work with persons recovering from stroke.