Where Is the Mango Princess?: A Journey Back From Brain Injury - Brossura

Crimmins, Cathy

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ISBN 10: 0375704426 ISBN 13: 9780375704420

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2001

Riassunto

A poignant, life-affirming memoir describes how a vacation boating accident forever changed the lives of Cathy Crimmins and her husband, Alan, when Alan, a successful attorney, is severely injured, in a deep coma with brain damage, and reflects on what happened to the family after Alan woke up. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"[S]imply amazing. [An] astonishing alchemical story of tragedy and recovery."
--Anne Lamott, author of Traveling Mercies

"A portrait of family tragedy all the more poignant for mixing humor with blazing honesty."
--Elle

"Transcends the subject of illness to become an inspiring meditation on the enduring nature of love."
--Us Weekly

L'autore:

Cathy Crimmins has written several humor books, and her articles have appeared in The Village Voice, Redbook, Readers’ Digest, and Glamour, among other publications. She received the Outstanding Book Award in General Nonfiction for Where is the Mango Princess? from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She taught nonfiction writing at the University of Pennsylvania. She died in 2009 at the age of 54.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375704426
• ISBN 13: 9780375704420
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272