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Silent Screams

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This book would be very interesting to anyone who has read Christopher Nowinski's "Head Games" on concussions caused by football and wants more dimensions on the effects of brain injuries on the lives of patients.

I actually read Ms. Hernandez' book first and became so intrigued with the nature of brain injury problems that I was motivated to purchase Mr. Nowinski's book when it was published.

The author, Maria Hernandez, writes from the personal experience of a nearly fatal driving accident. The accident made her hospitalized and helpless for weeks, and then left her with the struggle of an excruciatingly difficult rehabilitative process which she is still going through. The book is a series of portraits of victims of Traumatic Brain Injury (accepted acronym is TBI) struggling with their lives. The descriptive dynamics in the opening page were so strong that I felt shivers through my mind as though I were going through the horror myself. Ms. Hernandez is a brilliant lady, and her intelligence was fortunately preserved despite extensive trauma to her head; the power of her mind is readily seen in her book. She has become involved in programs in Florida promoting understanding of brain injury and development of programs promoting research and treatment. She is currently teaching at a local college in Miami, and has outstanding ratings from her students and the school's administration.