Inside the Halo and Beyond: The Anatomy of a Recovery

Inside the Halo and Beyond: The Anatomy of a RecoveryIn 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

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 poet to her extraordinary ordeal." Richard Selzer, author of Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery "From a singular experience she has created a lesson that is universal, which, it seems to me, is the essence of being a poet." Abraham Verghese, author of The Tennis Partner"

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/17/2001
ISBN: 9780393322613
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d