Where Is the Mango Princess?

A Journey Back From Brain Injury

Cathy Crimmins

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Vintage Books
15 November 2001

Biography: general; History of medicine

Humorist Cathy Crimmins has written a deeply personal, wrenching, and often hilarious

account of the effects of traumatic brain injury, not only on the victim, in this

case her husband, but on the family.

When her husband Alan is injured in a speedboat

accident, Cathy Crimmins reluctantly assumes the role of caregiver and learns to

cope with the person he has become. No longer the man who loved obscure Japanese

cinema and wry humor, Crimmins' husband has emerged from the accident a childlike

and unpredictable replica of his former self with a short attention span and a penchant

for inane cartoons. Where Is the Mango Princess? is a breathtaking account that explores

the very nature of personality-and the complexities of the heart.

Outstanding Book Award Winner from the American Society of Journalists and Authors

By: Cathy Crimmins
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 215g
ISBN: 9780375704420
ISBN 10: 0375704426
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 November 2001
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cathy Crimmins has written several humor books, and her articles have appeared in The Village Voice, Redbook, Readers' Digest, and Glamour, among other publications. She received the Outstanding Book Award in General Nonfiction for Where is the Mango Princess? from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She taught nonfiction writing at the University of Pennsylvania. She died in 2009 at the age of 54.

Reviews for Where Is the Mango Princess?: A Journey Back From Brain Injury

""[S]imply amazing. [An] astonishing alchemical story of tragedy and recovery."" --Anne Lamott, author of Traveling Mercies ""A portrait of family tragedy all the more poignant for mixing humor with blazing honesty."" --Elle ""Transcends the subject of illness to become an inspiring meditation on the enduring nature of love."" --Us Weekly