One hundred names for love : a stroke, a marriage, and the language of healing
Ackerman, Diane (, 1948-)
One hundred names for love : a stroke, a marriage, and the language of healing / Diane Ackerman - 1st ed. - New York : W. W. Norton & Co. , c2011. - 322 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Everyone who cherishes the gift of language will cherish Diane Ackerman's narrative masterpiece, an exquisitely written love story and medical miracle story, one that combines science, inspiration, wisdom, and heart. One day Ackerman's husband, Paul West, an exceptionally gifted wordsmith and intellectual, suffered a terrible stroke. When he regained awareness he was afflicted with aphasia -loss of language -and could utter only a single syllable: "mem." The standard therapies yielded little result but frustration. Diane soon found, however, that by harnessing their deep knowledge of each other and her scientific understanding of language and the brain she could guide Paul back to the world of words. This triumphant book is both a humane and revealing addition to the medical literature on stroke and aphasia and an exquisitely written love story: a magnificent addition to literature, period.
9780393072419
2010053553
Ackerman, Diane (, 1948-)
West, Paul , 1930-
Cerebrovascular disease----Patients----Biography
RC388.5 / .A25 2011
616.8 ACK
One hundred names for love : a stroke, a marriage, and the language of healing / Diane Ackerman - 1st ed. - New York : W. W. Norton & Co. , c2011. - 322 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Everyone who cherishes the gift of language will cherish Diane Ackerman's narrative masterpiece, an exquisitely written love story and medical miracle story, one that combines science, inspiration, wisdom, and heart. One day Ackerman's husband, Paul West, an exceptionally gifted wordsmith and intellectual, suffered a terrible stroke. When he regained awareness he was afflicted with aphasia -loss of language -and could utter only a single syllable: "mem." The standard therapies yielded little result but frustration. Diane soon found, however, that by harnessing their deep knowledge of each other and her scientific understanding of language and the brain she could guide Paul back to the world of words. This triumphant book is both a humane and revealing addition to the medical literature on stroke and aphasia and an exquisitely written love story: a magnificent addition to literature, period.
9780393072419
2010053553
Ackerman, Diane (, 1948-)
West, Paul , 1930-
Cerebrovascular disease----Patients----Biography
RC388.5 / .A25 2011
616.8 ACK
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