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Su Meck and
Daniel De Vise (contributor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
February 4, 2014
Pages
280
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781451685817
ISBN-10
1451685815
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
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Original list price
$25.00
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§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: For fans of Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire, the courageous memoir of a woman robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injury—and her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life.
What would you do if you lost your past?
In 1988 Su Meck was twenty-two and married with two children when a ceiling fan in her kitchen fell and struck her on the head, leaving her with a traumatic brain injury that erased all her memories of her life up to that point. Although her body healed rapidly, her memories never returned. Yet after just three weeks in the hospital, Su was released and once again charged with the care of two toddlers and a busy household.
Adrift in a world about which she understood almost nothing, Su became an adept mimic, gradually creating routines and rituals that sheltered her and her family, however narrowly, from the near-daily threat of disaster—or so she thought. Though Su would eventually relearn to tie her shoes, cook a meal, and read and write, nearly twenty years would pass before a series of personally devastating events shattered the “normal” life she had worked so hard to build, and she realized that she would have to grow up all over again.
In her own indelible voice, Su offers us a view from the inside of a terrible injury, with the hope that her story will help give other brain injury sufferers and their families the resolve and courage to build their lives anew. Piercing, heartbreaking, but finally uplifting, this book is the true story of a woman determined to live life on her own terms.
What would you do if you lost your past?
In 1988 Su Meck was twenty-two and married with two children when a ceiling fan in her kitchen fell and struck her on the head, leaving her with a traumatic brain injury that erased all her memories of her life up to that point. Although her body healed rapidly, her memories never returned. Yet after just three weeks in the hospital, Su was released and once again charged with the care of two toddlers and a busy household.
Adrift in a world about which she understood almost nothing, Su became an adept mimic, gradually creating routines and rituals that sheltered her and her family, however narrowly, from the near-daily threat of disaster—or so she thought. Though Su would eventually relearn to tie her shoes, cook a meal, and read and write, nearly twenty years would pass before a series of personally devastating events shattered the “normal” life she had worked so hard to build, and she realized that she would have to grow up all over again.
In her own indelible voice, Su offers us a view from the inside of a terrible injury, with the hope that her story will help give other brain injury sufferers and their families the resolve and courage to build their lives anew. Piercing, heartbreaking, but finally uplifting, this book is the true story of a woman determined to live life on her own terms.
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Hardcover
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from Simon & Schuster (February 4, 2014)
9781451685817 | details & prices | 280 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $25.00
About: For fans of Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire, the courageous memoir of a woman robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injury—and her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life.
About: For fans of Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire, the courageous memoir of a woman robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injury—and her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Simon & Schuster (February 17, 2015)
9781451685824 | details & prices | 280 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.58 lbs | List price $15.99
About: The courageous memoir of a woman who was robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injuryâand her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life: â[A tale] of triumph in the search for identityâ (The New York Times Book Review).
About: The courageous memoir of a woman who was robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injuryâand her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life: â[A tale] of triumph in the search for identityâ (The New York Times Book Review).
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