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Where Is the Mango Princess? A Journey Back From Brain Injury
by Cathy Crimmins
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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint (October 09 2001)
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Prologue
Accidents divide things into the great Before and After. 'Even before his brain injury, Alan had a hard time remembering names,' I'll say. 'Since Daddy's accident, I have to work more,' I tell our daughter, Kelly.

Prologue
Accidents divide things into the great Before and After. 'Even before his brain injury, Alan had a hard time remembering names,' I'll say. 'Since Daddy's accident, I have to work more,' I tell our daughter, Kelly.



Book Description

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.

About the Author

Cathy CrimminsCathy Crimmins

Cathy Crimmins has written several humor books, and her articles have appeared in The Village Voice, Redbook, Parents' Digest, Success, Hysteria, and Glamour, among other publications. She teaches nonfiction writing at the University of Pennsylvania, and lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter..

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