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Where is the Mango Princess? A Journey Back from Brain Injury, by Cathy Crimmins
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"[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
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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 childlike and unpredictable replica of his former self with a short attention span and a penchant for inane cartoons. Where Is the Mango Princess? is a breathtaking account that explores the very nature of personality-and the complexities of the heart.
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Product details
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (October 9, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375704426
ISBN-13: 978-0375704420
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.6 out of 5 stars
116 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#23,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Seeing the overwhelmingly wonderful reviews for this book, I had no reason to believe I would be disappointed.I was wrong. I want to be sure to say that the family has my full empathy. I know that what they have all gone through, and continue to go through, is nothing I take lightly. That said, the book was an account. I found myself cheering everyone on, of course....but not liking any of them. I appreciated the author's honesty throughout, but I can't say that I learned much about traumatic brain injury. I felt the book was a waste of my time and my money. I sincerely wish this family the very, very best, but I do not recommend this book at all. Considering that the wife and author of the book is actually an author by profession, I was deeply disappointed.
As the wife of another TBI survivor, I found myself nodding in understanding, with tears of shared memories sliding down my cheeks, over and over as I read this book.My husband was nearly killed when a large birch tree he was felling on our property 'kicked back' and swatted him like a fly. Like Al, he was air-lifted, close to death, to the nearest hospital trauma unit ... where I experienced much the same minute by minute, day by day nightmare Cathy describes so well.The first hours, wondering if your husband will live or die ... days that feel like weeks, weeks that feel like months. And then reality hits ... rehab is a battle not only for the TBI survivor, struggling to swallow, speak or sit up, but for the caregiver as they fight equally hard for every benefit, every extra day of covered services ... along with the constant trauma and stress of wondering what the future will bring.They call a severe TBI a 'life-altering event' for good reason. it forever alters the life of not only the survivor but of their main caregivers as well. This is a well written book, full of the realities of life with a TBI survivor, without exaggeration.
I hated this book for several reasons, one the author never uses person-first language, she often describes her husband as a TBI guy. Two she is always describing her husband as a child and never sees him as a man with an injury. Three her depression and self-loathing is evident and annoying, it screams that she needs therapy to better cope with her new role as a mother, wife, and caregiver. Four, the author's elitism is evident when she feels entitled to certain health care services in her world. Most of the book is 160 pages of her whining and selfishness, it's only within the first 20 pages and the last 50 pages where you get a better idea of her husband's recovery and perspective. Not recommended for someone who has become a caregiver for a loved one with an injury or TBI.
"Accidents divide things into the great Before and After." -from the Prologue.Where is the Mango Princess? is an honest, heart wrenching account of a family enduring a TBI. Cathy Crimmins holds back little in her blow-by-blow account of her husband's bizarre boating accident that left him forever struggling with a brain injury. I would highly recommend this book to any of you close to someone suffering with a TBI. Not only is Crimmins’ story heartfelt and relatable, but it’s also informative and enlightening. A must-read for the TBI community.
This was one of four books that I had to read for an Intro to Communications Disorders class that I took last semester. I was pleasantly surprised what a good read it was. After reading this book I checked into my insurance to see how much coverage I would have for accidents like this one. It also made me think about how fragile life is and how your life can turn on a dime. The brain is complex and vulnerable to trauma both externally and internally. The book also helped me to communicate with my husband about these kinds of accidents. If your language center gets damaged then you can't communicate. I told him that if that happened to either one of us then one really helpful piece of advice is to find a book such as this to see whats going on in the injured person's head. I really appreciate that people take the time to write about their experiences even very traumatic ones such as this.
My wife suffered a traumatic brain injury a year and a half ago as a result of a ruptured aneurysm and subsequent brain surgery to repair it. This book was recommended to me while she was in rehab. This book is so candid about the effects of TBI on the patient, the spouse, the family. I could never write this book because my experience was too painful. I want to both remember and forget at the same time. This book told me I was not alone in what I was experiencing. Many times in this book I thought to myself "Yes, I know that. I have been there too." This is a must read for anyone who has had a loved one suffer TBI. Please know you are not alone.
I picked this book to do a project for my Neuroanatomy graduate level class. I am studying Speech Language Pathology. I loved this book because it was honest, realistic, and often humorous. Anybody getting into a profession with this population needs to read this-put yourself in the perpsecitve of your patients and their families, and to be aware of the realistic outcomes and struggle (day to day) for TBI patients.
Well written and captivating. Having worked with patients with Traumatic Brain Injury for many years, the author captured the depth of emotions the family encounters when a loved one goes through the TBI process. The author also provided valuable information on the recovery and rehabilitation of patients with TBI.
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