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

I am the daughter of a TBI survivor. My father was gravely injured in a car crash during my freshman year of college, and like Ms Crimmins' husband, failed to receive adequate rehabilitation due to the restrictions of his HMO. In an even greater parallel, my father was also let go from his job, and......more

I cannot rate this book higher than a two. Having a spouse w/ a newly acquired TBI (two months prior to reading this) and (ironically) a 7 year old daughter, I can relate to the accident and the rehabilitation and the family make up, but I cannot relate to the author and her family's lifestyle. I fou......more

I loved this book. It's the story of a man who suffers a traumatic brain injury, as told from his wife's point of view. The book does such a great job of telling the family's story, what it's like to live with someone who has become a completly different person. I think a lot of times the focus is o......more

What makes us who we are? Are we still the same person after a brain injury or stroke or dementia changes our fundamental personality? This bitingly funny and insightful memoir written by the wife of a survivor of a traumatic brain injury under tragic circumstances explores these questions. It's a v......more

I started out liking this book but soon grew tired of the author's whiny attitude and the excessive use of offensive language. Yes I get it that people with brain injuries sometimes lose their ability to control the obscenities that spew out of their mouths. My dad swore like a sailor after his stro......more