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The night the lights went out / Drew Magary.
The fan-favorite Defector and former Deadspin columnist shares his long recovery from a catastrophic brain hemorrhage and how he learned to live with a broken mind as he tried to figure out who this new person is, in this fascinating, darkly funny comeback story.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593232712
- ISBN: 0593232712
- Physical Description: xvii, 263 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: 1984 -- Part I. Christmas 2016 -- Collapse -- The witnesses -- Sitting in dread -- Craniotomy -- Spinal drip -- The vigil -- An investigation -- The fog -- Christmas 2018 -- Part II. Home -- The road to normal -- Deaf -- Miracle ear -- Welcome to the club -- Nosedive -- Smell therapy -- Sue you, sue everybody -- Voices in my head -- The implant -- Tasteless -- The robot ear -- The sound of sound -- Amnesia -- Part III. Therapy -- New York -- Christmas 2019 -- Epilogue. |
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| Subject: | Magary, Drew > Health. Brain > Wounds and injuries > Patients > United States > Biography. Brain > Wounds and injuries > Patients > Rehabilitation > United States. Authors > Biography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | 617.481092 M188 2021 (Text) | 33126012535468 | New Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | 617.481092 M188 2021 (Text) | 33126012535476 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Drew Magary, a co-founder of Defector and a columnist for SF Gate, wrote at Deadspin for over a decade before quitting with the rest of the staff en masse in protest. He's the author of three novels, including Point B, The Hike, and The Postmortal. He lives in Maryland with his wife, his three kids, his dog, and 95 percent of a functioning brain.