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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... night shortly before we got married , Beverly and I dragged her mattress outside and hauled it onto a platform made from a couple of chaise longues . We protected ourselves with an altar of citronella candles and a down comforter and ...
... night shortly before we got married , Beverly and I dragged her mattress outside and hauled it onto a platform made from a couple of chaise longues . We protected ourselves with an altar of citronella candles and a down comforter and ...
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... night . She deserved another life , different in every way , where day and night could be reversed , and she held responsible those of us who failed to provide it . Time was not kind to Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom . Like my mother , only ...
... night . She deserved another life , different in every way , where day and night could be reversed , and she held responsible those of us who failed to provide it . Time was not kind to Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom . Like my mother , only ...
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... night , we were awakened by the sort of scream that makers of horror flicks covet . Something flitted across our bed and upstairs , where we heard a sound like a modest square dance . One of the cats had brought in a live rabbit and ...
... night , we were awakened by the sort of scream that makers of horror flicks covet . Something flitted across our bed and upstairs , where we heard a sound like a modest square dance . One of the cats had brought in a live rabbit and ...
Contents
Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
Copyright | |
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