Maxine Kumin

Inside the Halo and Beyond: The Anatomy of a Recovery

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In July 1998, when Maxine Kumin's horse bolted at a carriage-driving clinic, she was not expected to live. Yet, less than a year later, her progress pronounced a miracle by her doctors, she was at work on this journal of her astonishing recovery. She tells of her time inside the halo, the near-medieval device that kept her head immobile during weeks of intensive care and rehabilitation, of the lasting rehab friendships, and of the loving family who always believed she would heal. [S]he resonates wisdom while announcing a triumph of body and soul.-Anne Roiphe, New York Times Book Review Maxine Kumin brings the sensitivity and imagination of a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-32261-3
EAN: 9780393322613
Produktnummer: 9603616
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Seitenangabe: 206 S.
Masse: H17.9 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 163 g
Gewicht: 163

Über den Autor

Maxine Kumin (1925-2014), a former U.S. poet laureate, was the author of nineteen poetry collections as well as numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. Her awards included the Pulitzer Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award, the Poet's Prize, and the Harvard Arts and Robert Frost medals.