Where is the Mango Princess? A Journey Back from Brain Injury
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ISBN: 0375704426 / Publisher: Vintage, October 2001
Describes how a vacation boating accident changed the lives of the author and her husband, Alan, after he was severely injured, leaving him in a deep coma with brain damage, and reflects on what happened to the family after he woke up.
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Humorist Cathy Crimmins has written a deeply personal, wrenching, and often hilarious account of the effects of traumatic brain injury, not only on the victim, in this case her husband, but on the family. When her husband Alan is injured in a speedboat accident, Cathy Crimmins reluctantly assumes the role of caregiver and learns to cope with the person he has become. No longer the man who loved obscure Japanese cinema and wry humor, Crimmins' husband has emerged from the accident a childlike and unpredictable replica of his former self with a short attention span and a penchant for inane cartoons. Where Is the Mango Princess? is a breathtaking account that explores the very nature of personality-and the complexities of the heart.Outstanding Book Award Winner from the American Society of Journalists and Authors
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