From Publishers Weekly
"Crystalline, impassioned and astutely self-knowing, Blakely's memoir recalls the events surrounding her nine-day coma in March 1984 at the age of 36," reported PW. Author tour.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In 1984, Blakely spent nine days in the Intensive Care Unit at New York City's St. Vincent's Hospital in a diabetic coma. These nine days were--apparently--spent reviewing key moments and relationships in her life: her childhood and adolescence in a large and loving family; love for a manic-depressive brother, who eventually committed suicide; marriage, childbirth, and "creative" divorce; growing feminism; work as a freelance writer; move to New York; and relationship with a strong, supportive man. "It was a passionate psychological journey, uncovering old, unextinguished yearnings. When I awakened, I gradually discovered that the life planned by the woman I had been no longer fit the woman I'd become." (All comas should be so productive!) Whether Blakely actually had these insights during the coma itself or during reflection in the months that followed, many contemporary women will identify with her struggles and applaud her physical and emotional courage.
- Marcia G. Fuchs, Guilford Free Lib., Ct.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
- Marcia G. Fuchs, Guilford Free Lib., Ct.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
