"My brain, which had just let me down so badly, was perhaps never so active. The paramedics' question was a fundamental one. Who are you? Yes indeed. Who am I?"
Robert McCrum was forty-two when he suffered a massive stroke which left one side of his body totally paralysed, his speech drastically impaired, and his sense of himself radically altered. What followed was a prolonged period of recovery, full of heart ache and frustration, as he gradually regained sensation, movement and self-esteem and as his family pulled together in the extraordinary effort necessary to make him well again.
My Year Off is a moving story of determination, courage and love that sings with wit and honesty. An invaluable insight into the reality of life after stroke, the moments of hope, the anger and despair, this is a book that gives voice to millions.
Robert McCrum is an associate editor of the Observer and was formerly an editor at Faber & Faber. He writes regular reviews and is the author of the critically acclaimed P. G. Wodehouse: A Life.
ISBN:
9781447289265
Binding:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
01/07/2015
Category:
Biography: General
Imprint:
Picador
Pages:
256 page/s
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Price:
$22.99 AUD
My Year Off
McCrum, Robert
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McCrum, Robert
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