num_pages: 272
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.
language: English
title: Where Is the Mango Princess?: A Journey Back from Brain Injury
titlecomplete: Where Is the Mango Princess?: A Journey Back from Brain Injury
genres: Medical, Disability, Psychology, Biography Memoir, Biography, Neuroscience, Medicine, Science, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2044
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: ASJA Outstanding Book Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Vintage