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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Page 21
... least not over the last decade , and is classified as static . I got where I was going fast and have stayed there , as though beamed down . Now I had an opportunity to reconfigure myself . At least that was one way to look at this ...
... least not over the last decade , and is classified as static . I got where I was going fast and have stayed there , as though beamed down . Now I had an opportunity to reconfigure myself . At least that was one way to look at this ...
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... least frustration - trying without success to decipher a menu , to replen- ish the lead in a pencil . It was apparent as well in the emotional upheaval that accompanies chronic illness , with its attendant loss of companionship and ...
... least frustration - trying without success to decipher a menu , to replen- ish the lead in a pencil . It was apparent as well in the emotional upheaval that accompanies chronic illness , with its attendant loss of companionship and ...
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... least while we are alive , is not so much about being completely forgotten as about completely forgetting . If no one else remembers us , or says our name , at least we can remember our selves , travel backward to relive the vivid parts ...
... least while we are alive , is not so much about being completely forgotten as about completely forgetting . If no one else remembers us , or says our name , at least we can remember our selves , travel backward to relive the vivid parts ...
Contents
Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
Copyright | |
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