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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.
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- 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 | - |
- Baker & Taylor
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. - Baker & Taylor
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. - Random House, Inc.
A fascinating, darkly funny comeback story of learning to live with a broken mind after a near-fatal traumatic brain injuryâfrom the acclaimed author of The Hike
âDrew Magary has produced a remarkable account of his journey, one that is filled with terror, tenderness, beauty, and grace.ââDavid Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon
Drew Magary, fan-favorite Defector and former Deadspin columnist, is known for his acerbic takes and his surprisingly nuanced chronicling of his own life. But in The Night the Lights Went Out, he finds himself far out of his depths. On the night of the 2018 Deadspin Awards, he suffered a mysterious fall that caused him to smash his head so hard on a cement floor that he cracked his skull in three places and suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage. For two weeks, he remained in a coma. The world was gone to him, and him to it.
In his long recovery from his injury, including understanding what his family and friends went through as he lay there dying, coming to terms with his now permanent disabilities, and trying to find some lesson in this cosmic accident, he leaned on the one sure thing that he knows and that didn't leave himâhis writing.
Drew takes a deep dive into what it meant to be a bystander to his own death and figuring out who this new Drew is: a Drew that doesn't walk as well, doesn't taste or smell or see or hear as well, and a Drew that is often failing as a husband and a father as he bounces between grumpiness, irritability, and existential fury. But what's a good comeback story without heartbreak? Eager to get back what he lost, Drew experiences an awakening of a whole other kind in this incredibly funny, medically illuminating, and heartfelt memoir.