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

I really liked this book. It made we hungry for more.

I found this book while looking for another book. Cathy Crimmins has a way about writing that is infectious. After I read this book I wanted to read more about her life. I was sad to see that she died in 2009. She has written another book called A Mothers Nightmare. I am reading that one now. It is also very well written.

The first book I read after my husband's brain injury

This book was very helpful to me after my husband was diagnosed with a TBI. I would highly recommend it.

Great Book

I thoughly enjoyed reading this book. My husband had a severe traumatic brain injury in January, 2009. I can see the many steps that he has gone through in the book. My husband is still in residental rehab and has a long way to go. Anyone who has someone with a brain injury should read this book but not at the beginning of their way. I just read it and it was the right time for me.

Eye opening!

This book was extremely helpful for a person dealing with taking care of a loved one with a TBI. This book was recommended by a nurse at my sons rehab. and I really enjoyed it.

Mango Princess reveals gamut of experiences after acquired brain injury

This well written chronological history of personal experiences of an individual who became brain injured and his family, as told by his wife, is depictive of the range of emotions and conflicts experienced after someone has a brain injury. It shows the raw human feelings, thoughts and challenges faced by people who have had their world shaken. Life as expected is turned upside down. Yet the potential for human growth and transcendence is revealed. With love, compassion, humor and persistence anything can result in revelations not uncovered in lives without trial. Anyone who knows someone with a brain injury should read this book. Anyone who works with people with brain injutries and their families should read this book.

Sad

This book was so good!! I wasn't sure if i would like this book since all other books i've read have been Harry Potter and fictional books, but this book surprised me on how hooked you get on it. Its a very good read.

BEST BOOK ON TBI!

I am a speech-language pathologist who has worked in rehabilitation with inpatients and outpatients recovering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Where Is the Mango Princess? is the best book I have ever read on TBI. It is 'accessible' to most readers and details what truly happens when someone is severely head injured. Even when a person again 'looks normal' they have not, and may never, return to the person they were before. This author is able to honestly share with humor and grief the recovery process and permanent loss that occur with TBI. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a brain injured family member or friend and to every professional who works in head injury recovery. I especially recommend this novel to every 'Dr. A------' (Yes, unfortunately he works with patients in other states as well) who can wield a scapel or a laser but has not a clue nor a care about what happens when a traumatically brain injured person attempts to re-enter his 'old' life. I hope that the author is planning a follow-up to this book-- I'm interested in how her family has continued to cope and adapt with the changes and challenges with which they have been presented.

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