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Episode: Report on the Accident Inside My Skull
The author recounts his stroke and how he recovered from the speech difficulty it caused him
272 pages, Paperback
First published October 28, 1971
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About the author
Eric Hodgins
24 books9 followersBorn 1899, Eric Francis Hodgins was the American author of the popular Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1946). Hodgins served as editor in chief of The Youth Companion, associate editor of Redbook, and then as associate editor of Fortune magazine. He became publisher of Fortune in 1937, and a vice president of Time Inc. in 1938. He quit Time Inc. in 1946 to write full-time.
His novels also included a sequel, Blandings Way, published in 1950.
He died in New York City.
His novels also included a sequel, Blandings Way, published in 1950.
He died in New York City.
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September 3, 2012
Eric Hodgins writes with stoic, self affirming yet self deprecating humour in describing his stroke and its after effects. His descriptions of his various infirmities, and their treatments by the medical professionals he encounters are illuminating and engaging. He is not afraid or ashamed to take us inside his physical and mental traumas at the time and in the ensuing years. His "episode" occurred in 1960, and the level of, and expertness and caring nature of, his care is quite eye-opening, and a reminder that intelligence and compassion are not recent inventions.
'My friends seem to have profited from my altered circumstances, too-although naturally that is not the way they put it. But one friend, gifted with unusual frankness, said to me recently, "In talking to you now, it's occasionally possible for me to get a word in edgeways." And he seems to enjoy it, the blabbering oaf.'
I think this would be an interesting and helpful book for anyone who has had a stroke, and those close to them, even after all these years.
'My friends seem to have profited from my altered circumstances, too-although naturally that is not the way they put it. But one friend, gifted with unusual frankness, said to me recently, "In talking to you now, it's occasionally possible for me to get a word in edgeways." And he seems to enjoy it, the blabbering oaf.'
I think this would be an interesting and helpful book for anyone who has had a stroke, and those close to them, even after all these years.
May 17, 2018
This is a memoir about a man who had a stroke on January 8,1960. His hospital experiences, his rehabilitation experiences, the costs involved, etc. Told with wit and humor he shows us what it is like to be a post-CVA patient.
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