- EAN13
- 9780297856979
- Éditeur
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Date de publication
- 18/09/2008
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9780297856979
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Spellbinding memoir of a woman coping with the aftermath of her husband's
traumatic brain injury.
When Abigail Thomas's husband, Richard, was hit by a car, it destroyed his
short-term memory and consigned him to permanent brain trauma. He had been
taking their dog, Harry, out for a walk, and Harry had come home alone.
Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, Rich must live the rest of his
life in an institution. He has no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the
year before. This tragedy is the ground on which Abigail had to build a new
life rather than abandon her husband. How she built that life is a story of
great courage and great change, of moving to a small country town, of a new
family composed of three dogs, knitting and friendship, of facing down guilt
and discovering gratitude. It is also about her relationship with Rich, a man
who lives in the eternal present, and the eerie poetry of his often uncanny
perceptions. This wise, plain-spoken, beautiful book enacts the truth Abigail
discovered in the five years since the accident: You might not find meaning in
disaster, but you might, with effort, make something useful of it.
Forced to adapt to a life alone, Abigail finds solace at home, discovering
that friends, family and dogs (Carolina, Harry and Rosie) can reshape a life
of chaos into one that, while wrenchingly sad, makes sense - a life full of
its own richness and beauty.
traumatic brain injury.
When Abigail Thomas's husband, Richard, was hit by a car, it destroyed his
short-term memory and consigned him to permanent brain trauma. He had been
taking their dog, Harry, out for a walk, and Harry had come home alone.
Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, Rich must live the rest of his
life in an institution. He has no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the
year before. This tragedy is the ground on which Abigail had to build a new
life rather than abandon her husband. How she built that life is a story of
great courage and great change, of moving to a small country town, of a new
family composed of three dogs, knitting and friendship, of facing down guilt
and discovering gratitude. It is also about her relationship with Rich, a man
who lives in the eternal present, and the eerie poetry of his often uncanny
perceptions. This wise, plain-spoken, beautiful book enacts the truth Abigail
discovered in the five years since the accident: You might not find meaning in
disaster, but you might, with effort, make something useful of it.
Forced to adapt to a life alone, Abigail finds solace at home, discovering
that friends, family and dogs (Carolina, Harry and Rosie) can reshape a life
of chaos into one that, while wrenchingly sad, makes sense - a life full of
its own richness and beauty.
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