Title: Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook
Author: Garry Prowe
Publisher: Brain Injury Success Books
ISBN: 9780984197439
Pages: 246, Paperback
Genre: Health/Medical/Reference
Reviewed by: Gary Sorkin, Pacific Book Review
Book Review
Garry Prowe does an “Over the Top” reference guide for families who have had the unfortunate need to quickly learn the ramifications surrounding a brain injury. He brings a terse and at times outline method of instructional information to the reader. Cleverly he alternates the chapters (odd & even) between expert essays on various topics with exploits of his own experiences convalescing his wife’s brain injury after an automobile accident. The combination of instruction and firsthand experience is truly a necessary and comforting source of information for families in need of expert advice.In a form of an educational reference, Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook brings the term “Survival” to both the victim and their family. All must learn to cope with the various devastating disabilities suffered by the patient, and healing comes through understanding. Some interesting comments Garry Prowe makes regarding the naturally occurring healing capabilities of the human body provides an inspirational message sent out to all readers.
This book is perhaps the finest resource of specific information needed to cope with brain injury incidents. It is a must read and should be a prescribed Rx by all neurologists. Garry Prowe includes as appendices a Glossary of Terms, Index, State Brain Injury Association contact phone numbers, along with other suggested reading. All profits from this book are donated to organizations that support brain injury survivors in the US and Canada.
