Time Out of Mind - Hardcover

Lapotaire, Jane

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44 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860499775 ISBN 13: 9781860499777

Publisher: Virago Press Ltd, 2003

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"Who are you when your brain is not you?" Jane Lapotaire is one of the lucky ones. Many people do not survive, let alone live intelligently and well again once they have suffered cerebral haemorrhage. In the long haul back to life - "nearly dying was the easy bit" - she's learned much, some of it in very hard lessons. Some friendships became casualties; family relations had to be redefined; and her work as an actress took a severe battering. The stress of living is felt that much more keenly when "sometimes I still feel as if I am walking around with my brain outside my body. A brain still all too available for smashing by noise, physical jostling, or any form of harshness". But she has survived and now believes it herself when people say how lucky she is. This is a book about what happens when the "you" you've known all your life is no longer the same.

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Review:

'Lapotaire's frank story..filled with wry asides.' -- Irish News

'She...writes with such vivid immediacy that you marvel at her honesty and recall’ -- Nick Smurthwaite, What’s On London

'a sensitive rumination on the minutiae of illness and the ways in which fortitude can overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.' -- Sunday Telegraph

'splendidly written memoir about dealing with the unexpected personality change the actress suffered after brain surgery' -- Sunday Times

A beautifully expressed triumph of spirit. -- RTE Guide

An insight into the mind of a remarkable woman and a gripping record of our times. -- TLS

Eloquently, honestly and movingly charts Jane’s adjustment to the irrevocable changes in her brain and in her life. -- Stratford Upon Avon Journal

‘ Time out of mind sweeps the reader along on a turbulent voyage. . .Tortured and darkly funny. . .Compulsory reading. . .Remarkable’ -- The Spectator

‘A brave and bracing book and one that deserves a wide readership’ -- Ireland on Sunday

‘She writes with a searing honesty and with wonderful black humour’ -- Irish Examiner

Book Description:

Jane Lapotaire, was one of the lucky ones who survived 'a brain attack', the 3rd biggest killer after cancer & heart attacks. This is her extraordinary story - full of rage, frustration, new love & cautious triumph - adapting to a life irretrievably changed.

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