pickAfter a devastating CVA, Mr Bauby experienced a tragic loss of independence and health. His inner life remained rich while his outer life was one of inability to speak, eat, or move. This was a moving, claustrophobic telling of isolation.
pickThree generations of women, only 15 years apart each, live together in Mississippi. Mosey, freshly fifteen is desperate to break the “family tradition” of teen pregnancy. Liza, her mother, struggles to find a way to communicate after a debilitating stroke. Jenny, Liza‘s mother, tries to hold everything together when an unearthed box changes everything from them. While Jenny & Liza work on communicating, Mosey tackles the truth from another angle!
so-soNot as interesting as I anticipated it would be, but I liked how she described feeling like a liquid/part of humanity as whole after her stroke, and then getting more solid/individual the further she progressed in her recovery
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️it‘s amazing what we are capable of achieving and what we are capable@of tolerating. Bauby was struck down in the prime of his jet setting life by a rare type if stroke and could only move one eye. He learned to communicate and write this book about his experience and his thoughts on life. Didn‘t like the guy but appreciated his honesty. Better than sugar coating it all.
pickSurprisingly relevant to my life right now, I found this very touching and relatable.
so-soAnother #14Books14Weeks2023 book done and dusted. I never would have picked this up for myself. My friend who is a pediatrician gave it to me.
The part about her interaction with medical personnel, both good and bad, was interesting to me. But the sciencey parts about the brain, even incredibly simplified here, made me sleepy. And the La La part about accessing the “right brain” to reach a state of peace has been done elsewhere - not a new idea.
Vacation book #4
