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On the morning of July 29, 1995, Robert McCrum - 42 years old, newly married, at the top of his profession as one of British publishing's most admired editors, and in what he thought was the full bloom of health - awoke to find himself totally paralyzed on the left side, the victim of a stroke brought on by a massive cerebral hemorrhage. After a nightmarish day struggling to reach a phone, he finally summoned help.
In the weeks to come, McCrum would have to face the reality that his life had irrevocably changed and that medical science, maddeningly, could neither pinpoint the cause of the stroke nor offer any guarantee of recovery. What ensued was a battle beset by frustration and depression but equally marked by small victories, the help of dedicated physicians and therapists, and, first and last, the support of his new wife, whose love proved equal to their dismaying circumstances.
My Year Off is a story of hope, written with the sort of candor and detail that has been missing in the literature of strokes up to this time. It is as well a grown-up love story of the most realistic - and hence, inspiring - kind.
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Cerebrovascular disease, English Authors, Patients, Health, English Novelists, Book editors, Biography, Cerebrovascular disorders, Personal narratives, Cerebrovascular disease, patients, biography, Authors, english, Authors, biography, Great britain, biography, Heart, diseases, patientsPeople
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Wo tʻing pai ti na i nien =: My year off : rediscovering life after a stroke
1999, Hsin hsin wen wen hua shih yeh ku fen yu hsien kung ssu
in Chinese
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My Year Off (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
April 1999, Thorndike Press
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0783885849 9780783885841
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My year off
1999, Charnwood, Charnwood (Large Print)
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My Year Off: Recovering Life after a Stroke
1998, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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0393350053 9780393350050
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My Year Off: Recovering Life After a Stroke
1998, W. W. Norton
Hardcover
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My Year Off: Rediscovering Life After a Stroke
April 1998, Diane Pub Co
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0788198912 9780788198915
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My Year Off: Picador Classic
Publish date unknown, PICADOR, Picador
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"My year off began with a headache, a glass of champagne - and a question."
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