Hot cripple
Subtitle: an incurable smart-ass takes on the health care system and lives to tell the tale
By: Hogan Gorman
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780399537288
Subjects: Health insurance; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; Health; Medical care; Models (Person); Biography
Description: "Ex-model Hogan Gorman was living the typical New York working actor's life--auditions and classes by day, waitressing and fending off handsy customers by night--when a wise (or just crazy) friend convinced her to ask the universe for a change. And she got one--coming at her at forty miles per hour. Hit by a car and suffering debilitating injuries, and with no health insurance, the fashionista attempts to bounce back into her (thrift store-purchased) Jimmy Choos even as she deals with short-term memory loss, stalker ambulance drivers, trying to stay vegan on food stamps, crazy judges, hot doctors, and unsympathetic government workers. Inspired by her acclaimed one-woman show, this is a bitingly funny and keenly observed account of the cracks in our medical and social welfare system and how one woman's resilience combined with a generous dollop of humor helped her fight her way to recovery"--