Where is the Mango Princess? A Journey Back from Brain Injury
by Cathy Crimmins
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Author: Cathy CrimminsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-10-09
ISBN: 0375704426
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Vintage
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Summary: 5 Stars
Cathy Crimmins, a professional writer of considerable talent tells the riveting story of her husband Alan's recovery from a brain injury acquired in a boating accident. When you finish this book, not only will you have been engrossed by her family's story, you also will walk away with a greater understanding of brain injury. Caregivers, who are also parents of small children, should consider this book essential reading. Crimmins writes with emotion, candor, and a sarcastic biting humor that may disturb some readers. But her story is a gritty one. Cathy and Alan struggle to cope with his major personality changes, which include disinhibition, nastiness, daily multiple angry outbursts, and frequent profanity, sometimes directed at their seven-year-old daughter, Kelly. And here lies one of the tragedies of brain injury--a child forced to live with one parent, who is an abusive survivor, and another parent, who is too distracted to be an attentive mom. Alan's recovery--from outward appearances--could be deemed "successful." In contrast to many survivors, Alan returned to his profession as a probate attorney. His long-term memory is fine and he retained all he knows about law and banking. But, like most survivors, he is easily fatigued, an impairment that complicated his efforts to return to work. This remarkable book relates how one family, in perhaps a non-traditional manner, achieves a "reasonable facsimile" of their old life following a brain injury.
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