Carrie’s Story
£ 8.49
At just thirty-three years old, Carrie Minagh’s life changed in an instant when a devastating brain aneurysm left her unable to walk, talk, read or write. Through extraordinary determination, she learned every one of those skills again before finding the courage to tell her own story. Written in Carrie’s authentic voice, this deeply moving memoir is a powerful testament to hope, resilience and the remarkable strength of the human spirit.
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A Memoir of Survival, Healing and Learning to Live Again after a Brain Aneurysm
Carrie Minagh is a stroke survivor, disability advocate and first-time author from Athlone, County Westmeath. After suffering a devastating brain aneurysm at the age of thirty-three, she lost the ability to walk, speak, read and write. Over the following years, she painstakingly learned each of those skills again, including finding her own written voice.
Carrie's Story is written in that voice. Rather than rewriting her words into a polished literary style, Oakleaf Press chose to preserve them as Carrie wrote them. Every sentence reflects the determination of a woman who had to relearn language itself after her brain injury, making this memoir not only an extraordinary story of survival, but remarkable proof of the resilience behind every page.
Today, Carrie uses her experience to support other stroke survivors and advocate for people living with acquired brain injuries, encouraging others to believe that recovery, hope and purpose remain possible, even after life's darkest moments.
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| Weight | 0.180 kg |
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| Dimensions | 20.3 × 12.7 × 0.6 cm |
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