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Tell me the planets: stories of brain injury and what it means to survive

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Matthew has a meticulously logical mind. He is intelligent, compassionate and fiercely loyal.

He also has a brain injury. When Matthew underwent surgery to remove a life-threatening cyst in the middle of his brain, he was left with extreme fatigue, a difficulty forming new memories and with a tendency to confabulate - to 'remember', with absolute conviction, events that have not occurred.

In 'Tell Me the Planets,' Ben Platts-Mills tells stories about his work with survivors of brain injury, offering a rare glimpse into the world as seen through their eyes: charismatic Danny, whose criminal past has left him paralysed down one side, but who now helps others worse off than himself; Sid, whose memory for the present lasts only moments; and Liah, who is caught in a battle with the care system threatening to make her homeless.

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Penguin
0241976820 / 9780241976821
eBook (EPUB)
03/05/2018
England
English
320 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
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