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My Brain and Other Wonders
Henry Holt
May 2015
On Sale: May 19, 2015
240 pages
ISBN: 1627791892
EAN: 9781627791892
Kindle: B00OXKWHBI
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A spirited, wry, and utterly original memoir about one
woman's struggle to make her way and set up a life after
doctors discover a hole the size of a lemon in her
brain. The summer before she was set to head
out-of-state to pursue her MFA, twenty-six-year-old Cole
Cohen submitted herself to a battery of tests. For as long
as she could remember, she'd struggled with a series of
learning disabilities that made it nearly impossible to
judge time and space--standing at a cross walk, she couldn't
tell you if an oncoming car would arrive in ten seconds or
thirty; if you asked her to let you know when ten minutes
had passed, she might notify you in a minute or an hour.
These symptoms had always kept her from getting a driver's
license, which she wanted to have for grad school. Instead
of leaving the doctor's office with permission to drive, she
left with a shocking diagnosis--doctors had found a large
hole in her brain responsible for her life-long struggles.
Because there aren't established tools to rely on in the
wake of this unprecedented and mysterious diagnosis, Cole
and her doctors and family create them, and discover
firsthand how best to navigate the unique world that Cole
lives in. Told without an ounce of self-pity and plenty of
charm and wit, Head Case is ultimately a story of
triumph, as we watch this passionate, loveable, and
unsinkable young woman chart a path for herself.
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