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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... week , I could barely perform simple tasks . Familiar phone numbers — for the lobbyists in seven states with whom I ... weeks , I had performed so poorly on a neuropsy- chological exam that the administering doctor , Muriel Lezak , ex ...
... week , I could barely perform simple tasks . Familiar phone numbers — for the lobbyists in seven states with whom I ... weeks , I had performed so poorly on a neuropsy- chological exam that the administering doctor , Muriel Lezak , ex ...
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... week with- out talking to him . His own paintings have graced the covers of two of my books . In many ways , Larry is a symbol for me of all that can be lost , of the preciousness and tenuousness of memory , but also of hope , since he ...
... week with- out talking to him . His own paintings have graced the covers of two of my books . In many ways , Larry is a symbol for me of all that can be lost , of the preciousness and tenuousness of memory , but also of hope , since he ...
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... week , he had decided to stop dialysis treatments , so his death was not really a surprise . But it was a shock . My sister - in - law called just after dawn and I snatched up the phone , turning on my knees , naked , to lean over the ...
... week , he had decided to stop dialysis treatments , so his death was not really a surprise . But it was a shock . My sister - in - law called just after dawn and I snatched up the phone , turning on my knees , naked , to lean over the ...
Contents
Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
Copyright | |
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