Fallen

A Trauma, a Marriage, and the Transformative Power of Music

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Physical Impairments, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Biography & Memoir

• Author: Kara Stanley
• ISBN: 9781771641036
• Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd.
• Publication: April 10, 2015
• Imprint: Greystone Books
• Language: English

In the vein of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking*, Kara Stanley tells the compelling story of her husband’s life-changing brain and spinal cord injury and the role of music, science, and love in recovery.*

Kara Stanley combines the heart-wrenching narrative of a catastrophic brain and spinal cord injury her husband suffered after a fall with the latest research on the brain. She also describes the transformative role of music both before and during his continuing rehabilitation and his battle to return to work as a professional musician. At the heart of the story is the relationship between Stanley and her husband, as she explores what allows a marriage to grow and thrive amid pain, chaos, and uncertainty.