Inside the Halo & beyond - the Anatomy of a Recovery (Paperback)

"Here is a singular story of survival, an earthly miracle wrought by family devotion, gardens, horses, guts. A compelling read."—Carolyn Heilbrun

In July 1998, when Maxine Kumin's horse bolted at a carriage-driving clinic, she was not expected to live. Yet, less than a year later, her progress pronounced a miracle by her doctors, she was at work on this journal of her astonishing recovery. She tells of her time "inside the halo," the near-medieval device that kept her head immobile during weeks of intensive care and rehabilitation, of the lasting "rehab" friendships, and of the loving family who always believed she would heal.

"[S]he resonates wisdom while announcing a triumph of body and soul."—Anne Roiphe, New York Times Book Review

"Maxine Kumin brings the sensitivity and imagination of a poet to her extraordinary ordeal."—Richard Selzer, author of Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery

"From a singular experience she has created a lesson that is universal, which, it seems to me, is the essence of being a poet."—Abraham Verghese, author of The Tennis Partner

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	November 2001
Authors:	Maxine Kumin
Dimensions:	181 x 142 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32261-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-393-32261-0
Barcode:	9780393322613

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