"Here is a singular story of survival, an earthly miracle wrought by family devotion, gardens, horses, guts. A compelling read."―Carolyn Heilbrun
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| Country | USA |
| Brand | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Manufacturer | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Binding | Paperback |
| ItemPartNumber | black & white illustrations |
| Color | Cream |
| ReleaseDate | 2001-11-17 |
| UnitCount | 1 |
| EANs | 9780393322613 |
