Fallen: A Trauma, a Marriage, and the Transformative Power of Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781771641029)

In the vein of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, Kara Stanley tells the compelling story of her husband's life-changing brain and spinal cord injury and the role of music, science, and love in recovery.Part recovery narrative and part love story, interwoven with the latest research on the brain, Fallen describes the aftermath of a life-threatening brain and spinal cord injury.

In 2008, Simon Paradis stepped backward on the scaffolding where he was doing construction work and fell two stories to the hard stone tile below. Landing on his back, head, and spine, he suffered a severe brain and spinal cord injury. Doctors warned his wife, Kara Stanley, that he probably would not survive, and that if he did, his mind and his body would never be the same. In Fallen, Kara Stanley chronicles the effect of this catastrophic accident on both Simon and her and on their marriage.

Combining the heart-wrenching narrative of Simon's recovery with the latest research on the brain, the book elucidates the resilience of both the human heart and the human mind. It also describes the transformative role of music in Simon's life both before and during his continuing rehabilitation and his hard-fought battle to return

Author: Kara Stanley
ISBN-10: 1771641029
ISBN-13: 9781771641029
Publisher: Greystone Books
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2015
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/30/2015