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| ISBN: | 0062422170 (ISBN13: 9780062422170) |
| Literary Awards: | Reading Women Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2017) |
Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
ebook | Pages: 272 pages Rating: 3.55 | 826 Users | 127 Reviews
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| Title | : | Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life |
| Author | : | Christine Hyung-Oak Lee |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | February 14th 2017 by Ecco |
| Categories | : | Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Medical. Biography Memoir. Biography |
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A memoir of reinvention after a stroke at age thirty-three.Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a headache on the morning of December 31, 2006. By that afternoon, she saw the world—quite literally—upside down. By New Year’s Day, she was unable to form a coherent sentence. And after hours in the ER, days in the hospital, and multiple questions and tests, her doctors informed her that she had had a stroke.
For months afterward, Lee outsourced her memories to a journal, taking diligent notes to compensate for the thoughts she could no longer hold on to. It is from these notes that she has constructed this frank and compelling memoir.
In a precise and captivating narrative, Lee navigates fearlessly between chronologies, weaving her childhood humiliations and joys together with the story of the early days of her marriage; and then later, in painstaking, painful, and unflinching detail, the account of her stroke and every upset—temporary or permanent—that it caused.
Lee illuminates the connection between memory and identity in an honest, meditative, and truly funny manner, utterly devoid of self-pity. And as she recovers, she begins to realize that this unexpected and devastating event has provided a catalyst for coming to terms with her true self—and, in a way, has allowed her to become the person she’s always wanted to be.
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Ratings: 3.55 From 826 Users | 127 ReviewsCrit Based On Books Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life
Repetitive and rambling-- perhaps, intentionally in order to mimic her thinking after the stroke? Whether it was intentional or not, it only served to irritate me. It would've been much more powerful as a longform article.This book absolutely floored me. It is a beautiful, lyrical exploration of one woman's stroke, and the multifaceted process of recovery. I don't even know if "recovery" is truly the right word; as we learn through the book, Lee's path back is in fact to a newer, more whole self. It's as much a deconstruction of memory and self as it is an illness narrative. I loved how I felt like I was falling down these neural pathways with her, even when those pathways were scary, sad, or angering. I was
This is an honest, well-written, memoir about recovering from a stroke that made me think about the value of my own life, mental health and relationships with others. I dont think I would have liked the pre-stroke Christine Lee, but I love the person who she became after her stroke. The only flaw with the book is that it contained one too many unnecessary repetitions of the same events.
This memoir is about more than the author's stroke recovery. It is a brave look back to her childhood and the life of immigrants shaped by war; it is a brave look into her own traumatic experiences as a student, a writer, a wife, a mother. Everything informs her recovery. The ending beautifully climaxes to a conclusion that leaves the reader satisfied. What more to tell? Our lives are made in moments, and the author takes all of that pain and joy, and leaves her heart on the page. I highly
Fascinating look inside the experience of having a stroke and slowly, ever so slowly recovering from it. Christine Hyung-Oak Lee shares her story along with the science behind what she lived, giving us a gut-punching vicarious experience along with a mind-expanding understanding of our own brains and how they work.
Memoirs are usually about a persons life or experience. This one made me feel like I was right in the center of it all with the author. I got to experience every single bit of ugliness, without the negativity scrubbed away, and therefore resonated with complete clarity. Fascinating, factual, and emotional all wrapped up in one big astounding ball.
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