| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
x, 289 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285). |
| Summary |
"For readers of Meghan O'Rourke's The Invisible Kingdom, Esme Weijun Wang's The Collected Schizophrenias, and Melissa Febos's Girlhood, a powerful and deeply personal memoir in essays that sheds light on the silent epidemic of head trauma. Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury, she writes about what it means to be one of the "walking wounded," facing her fear, her rage, her physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother's battle with addiction, Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas weaves history, philosophy, and personal accounts to interrogate and expand representations of mental health, ability, and disability--particularly in relation to women and the LGBT community. She uncovers the surprising legacy of brain injury, examining its role in culture, the criminal justice system, and through historical figures like Henry VIII and Harriet Tubman. Encountering Liontas's sharp, affecting prose, the reader can imagine this kind of pain, and having to claw one's way back to a new normal. The hidden gift of injury, Liontas writes, is the ability to connect with others. For the millions of people who have suffered from concussions and for those who have endeavored to support loved ones through the painful and often baffling experience of head trauma, this astonishing and compassionate narrative offers insight and hope in equal measure"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
The life cycle of a concussion -- Sex with a brain injury -- Doubt, my love -- Duplicity -- Q&A with my wife #1/False starts -- Post-it/Song on loop -- Dancing in the dark -- Drowing -- On anger -- Living in the basement -- The big sleep -- Post-it/Beware! -- Me vs. the bear -- Q&A with my wife #2/Horse or boat -- Professor X and the trauma justice league by Annie Liontas & Marchell Taylor -- Hit like a girl -- Probable vulnerability -- The lost word -- Post-it/Yr phone -- Q&A with my wife #3/Against regret -- Clocked time -- Memory loss -- Bent lace -- The healing algorithm. |
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Liontas, Annie -- Health.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Biography.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Family relationships.
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Biography.
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Family relationships.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Liontas, Annie. Sex with a brain injury First Scribner trade paperback edition. New York : Scribner, [2024] 9781668015551 (DLC) 2023046378 |
| ISBN |
9781668015544 (hardcover) |
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1668015544 (hardcover) |
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9781668015551 electronic book |
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