In the Shadow of MemoryIn December 1988 Floyd Skloot was stricken by a virus that targeted his brain, leaving him totally disabled and utterly changed. In the Shadow of Memory is an intimate picture of what it is like to find oneself possessed of a ravaged memory and unstable balance and confronted by wholesale changes in both cognitive and emotional powers. Skloot also explores the gradual reassembling of himself, putting together his scattered memories, rediscovering the meaning of childhood and family history, and learning a new way to be at home in the world. Combining the author’s skills as a poet and novelist, this book finds humor, meaning, and hope in the story of a fragmented life made whole by love and the courage to thrive. |
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... began identifying me to all her acquaintances as an interna- tionally acclaimed author the day my first novel was ... began to operate in 1908 , and elevated trains began crossing the Williamsburg Bridge , opening his Brooklyn up to the ...
... began identifying me to all her acquaintances as an interna- tionally acclaimed author the day my first novel was ... began to operate in 1908 , and elevated trains began crossing the Williamsburg Bridge , opening his Brooklyn up to the ...
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... began commuting to Manhattan , where he worked for my mother's brother in a factory producing dresses for the city's haute couture establishments . Within ten months , my father was crippled . It is risky to ascribe motive in an auto ...
... began commuting to Manhattan , where he worked for my mother's brother in a factory producing dresses for the city's haute couture establishments . Within ten months , my father was crippled . It is risky to ascribe motive in an auto ...
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... began . I remember him using a rolled - up program like a megaphone to cheer when Duke Snider hit a home run onto ... began shouting at my father . " How could you do this to me ? Just a chameleon ! " She turned the water on full force ...
... began . I remember him using a rolled - up program like a megaphone to cheer when Duke Snider hit a home run onto ... began shouting at my father . " How could you do this to me ? Just a chameleon ! " She turned the water on full force ...
Contents
Thinking with a Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
Copyright | |
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