Tell me the planets : stories of brain injury and what it means to survive / Ben Platts-Mills.
By: Platts-Mills, Ben.
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BookPublisher: London : Fig Tree, 2018Description: Hardback 24 cm.ISBN: 9780241257210 (hbk.) :; 0241257212 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation | Brain damage -- Patients -- Services forGenre/Form: Health and Fitness. | Health and Wellbeing.DDC classification: 362.19 Summary: Matthew has a meticulously logical mind. He is intelligent, compassionate and fiercely loyal. He also has a brain injury. When Matthew underwent surgery to remove a life-threatening cyst in the middle of his brain, he was left with extreme fatigue, a difficulty forming new memories and with a tendency to confabulate - to 'remember', with absolute conviction, events that have not occurred. In 'Tell Me the Planets,' Ben Platts-Mills tells stories about his work with survivors of brain injury, offering a rare glimpse into the world as seen through their eyes: charismatic Danny, whose criminal past has left him paralysed down one side, but who now helps others worse off than himself; Sid, whose memory for the present lasts only moments; and Liah, who is caught in a battle with the care system threatening to make her homeless.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult non-fiction book | Penketh Library Health and welfare | 362.19 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34143110337696 |
Matthew has a meticulously logical mind. He is intelligent, compassionate and fiercely loyal. He also has a brain injury. When Matthew underwent surgery to remove a life-threatening cyst in the middle of his brain, he was left with extreme fatigue, a difficulty forming new memories and with a tendency to confabulate - to 'remember', with absolute conviction, events that have not occurred. In 'Tell Me the Planets,' Ben Platts-Mills tells stories about his work with survivors of brain injury, offering a rare glimpse into the world as seen through their eyes: charismatic Danny, whose criminal past has left him paralysed down one side, but who now helps others worse off than himself; Sid, whose memory for the present lasts only moments; and Liah, who is caught in a battle with the care system threatening to make her homeless.