| To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed Contributor(s): Shulman, Alix Kates (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374532052 ISBN-13: 9780374532055 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: One day it happens: the dreaded event that will change your life forever. For Alix Kates Shulman, it happened in a remote seaside cabin on a coastal Maine island--where the very isolation that makes for a perfect artist's retreat can also put life at risk. Shulman woke to find that her beloved husband had fallen the nine feet from their sleeping loft and was lying on the floor below, deathly still. Though Scott would survive, he suffered an injury that left him seriously brain impaired. He was the same--but not the same. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Caregiving - Family & Relationships | Marriage & Long Term Relationships - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Topical - Physically Challenged |
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| Publisher Description: One day it happens: the dreaded event that will change your life forever. For Alix Kates Shulman, it happened in a remote seaside cabin on a coastal Maine island--where the very isolation that makes for a perfect artist's retreat can also put life at risk. Shulman woke to find that her beloved husband had fallen the nine feet from their sleeping loft and was lying on the floor below, deathly still. Though Scott would survive, he suffered an injury that left him seriously brain impaired. He was the same--but not the same. In this elegant memoir, Shulman describes the ongoing anxieties and risks--and surprising rewards--she experiences as she reorganizes her world to care for her husband and discovers that what might have seemed a life sentence to some has evolved into something unexpectedly rich. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shulman, Alix Kates: - Alix Kates Shulman is the author of the feminist classic Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen and three other novels; memoirs including the award-winning Drinking the Rain; and two books on the anarchist Emma Goldman. She lives in New York City. |