Where Is the Mango Princess?
A Journey Back From Brain Injury
$31.75
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2001
Summary
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 ch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375704420 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375704426 |
| Author: | Cathy Crimmins |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2001 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
”[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
About The Author
Cathy Crimmins
Cathy Crimmins wrote several humor books, and her articles 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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