Normally I'd be hard pressed to cough up any sympathetic reaction to the memoir of someone who got to go to Berkley, dance without it being on a pole and major in the Arts....But having a massive stroke at 21 that causes paralysis to half your body right before you graduate, that sucks.
(note to self: don't lose the damn books you're trying to review in the apartment,that or make notes...Crap)
Her condition that caused the stroke is pretty spooky to think about, she was walking with a friend to a coffee shop 2 weeks before graduation to go over her thesis, got dizzy, sat down and woke up WEEKS later paralyzed in a hospital.
Heebies,I tell you,heebies.
I think what I enjoyed most is her honesty about where you go in your mind after becoming disabled, the humiliation of dependence, how hard long term physical therapy is.
And the recipes, my god,the recipes!
My poor man had to go through me reading out recipes almost every chapter.
So check it out in February when it comes out.
Cooking and Screaming
Adrienne Kane
ISBN 1-4165-8797-7
Cooking and Screaming was a four hour read for me, the author has a nice little blog Nosherteria.
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