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Buy I'll Carry the Fork! Recovering a Life After Brain Injury by Kara L. Swanson available and for sale on Brightsurf
| View Larger Image | I'll Carry the Fork! Recovering a Life After Brain Injury
by Kara L. Swanson
| | List Price: | $16.95 |  | | Available: | In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. | | | | | Sales Rank: | 47249 | | Studio: | Rising Star Press | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 205 | | Publication Date: | December 31, 1969 | | Publisher: | Rising Star Press |
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Book Description
In January 1996, a van speeding through a red light ended the life Kara Swanson had known. She suddenly joined the 2 million Americans who suffer brain injury each year. It was like being thrust into a foreign country with no map, no way to speak the language, no directions home. "This is the book I wish I could have read when I was first diagnosed with a brain injury," Kara writes. I tried to take the information that it took me months and years to learn and put it into a short, easy-to-read book that would help survivors and their loved ones better understand the process of recovery." Written with laugh-out-loud humor, candor, and technical input from medical and legal profesionals, "I'll Carry the Fork!" offers inspiration and practical help to anyone dealing with the aftermath of brain injury. Because as Kara says, "Sometimes when your life ends, you don't actually die." |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 27 reviews)
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I'll Carry The Fork 
My son received a severe brain injury in a car accident almost two years ago. He has made a remarkable recovery. However although I ask him how he feels he can't always tell me, says " I just want to be back to normal" I have really wanted to know exactly what goes on in their brain during the recovery -which of course is on going. This book was just delightful. I loved Kara's honest comments and the way she expressed her feelings. My son does not want to read it but my daughter-in-law does.
I have to say though, for all of you parents out there who's child has been diagnosed with a severe brain injury, don't despair, Kara's mild brain injury seems a lot more severe in her recovery than my son's!
Thank you Kara for a wonderful insight into the feelings of a brain injured person. Best of luck for a continued recovery.
Judy Knott
Auckland
New Zealand
December 30, 2007 | |
I'll Carry the Fork!
A great read for a survivor or family member of TBI. Slightly larger print and easy to follow story line. This book puts you in touch with the TRUELY important things in life. Showing some of possitive and humorious bumps in her new learning curve keeps this book from reading like a text book. Wow does it feel better knowing that others share similar experincies.
I have purchased several of these, one for my daughter, and a couple for friends to help them understand me now.
If you ever get the chance to meet Kara DO IT, she is uplifting to speak with.
October 21, 2006 | |
I'll Carry the Fork! Recovering a Life After Brain Injury
A delightful book which takes the author from a tragedy and life change to making her new life the best it can be. A wonderful message for those of us having a family member who is a recent traumatic brain injury survivor. It is written with humor but with a valuable message. The chapters are short and written in a manner our TBI survivor is able to read and comprehend it. Thank you for this book.
March 02, 2006 | |
I'll Carry the Fork! Recovering a Life After Brain Injury
A delightful book which takes the author from a tragedy and life change to making her new life the best it can be. A wonderful message for those of us having a family member who is a recent traumatic brain injury survivor. It is written with humor but with a valuable message. The chapters are short and written in a manner our TBI survivor is able to read and comprehend it. Thank you for this book.
March 02, 2006 | |
Great for the family of a TBI victim
I never fully understood my dad's head injury, but after reading this humorous story of Kara it made me realize the frustrating effects of brain injury. Just a great book over-all and written on the level of a sixth grader, so it makes it an easy read.
November 01, 2005 | |
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