Where Is the Mango Princess?: A Journey Back From Brain Injury

Humorist Cathy Crimmins has written a deeply personal, wrenching, and often hilarious account of the effects of traumatic brain injury, not only on the victim, in this case her husband, but on the family.

When her husband Alan is injured in a speedboat accident, Cathy Crimmins reluctantly assumes the role of caregiver and learns to cope with the person he has become. No longer the man who loved obscure Japanese cinema and wry humor, Crimmins' husband has emerged from the accident a childlike and unpredictable replica of his former self with a short attention span and a penchant for inane cartoons. Where Is the Mango Princess? is a breathtaking account that explores the very nature of personality-and the complexities of the heart.

Outstanding Book Award Winner from the American Society of Journalists and Authors

Author: Cathy Crimmins
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 10/09/2001
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780375704420
ISBN10: 0375704426
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Mental Health
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Cathy Crimmins has written several humor books, and her articles have appeared in The Village Voice, Redbook, Readers' Digest, and Glamour, among other publications. She received the Outstanding Book Award in General Nonfiction for Where is the Mango Princess? from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She taught nonfiction writing at the University of Pennsylvania. She died in 2009 at the age of 54.