Free (nook/Kindle/iTunes/ePub) Long Awakening [Xtian Coma Amnesia Recovery Memoir]

[ATDrake]

The Long Awakening by Lindsey O'Connor is her uplifting memoir of her complicated recovery following awakening from a medically-induced coma only to discover that she no longer remembered a number of key things and persons in her life, and having to rebuild her identity and create new relationships without the help of her prior recollections, free courtesy of Christian publisher Baker's Revell imprint.

Currently free, probably just for one day @ B&N (may also drop in the UK), Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), iTunes & Google Play (both available to Canadians), ChristianBook (ADE-DRM ePub available worldwide). Unusually for a Baker title, not free yet @ Kobo, at least not for Canadians, but price-drop-check linkage in case it is in your locale, or it gets there on a repeat cycle.

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

A bit by default, but it really does look like it's got the most interesting subject matter of today's lot, and issues of memory and identity are Relevant To My Interests™, even if I'm highly unlikely to read this particular iteration of such.

Enjoy!

Description (weirdly, the Amazon description seems to consist purely of quoted review praise, which seems like, not the best way to actually describe a book?)
On a crisp October day in 2002, Lindsey O'Connor woke from a 47-day medically induced coma. She heard her ecstatic husband's voice and saw his face as she emerged from the depths of unconsciousness. She was bewildered by the people around her who looked so overjoyed and were so thoroughly attentive and attuned to her every move. Then came the question: "Do you remember that you had a baby?"

Lindsey drifted in and out of consciousness again for weeks. When she finally and gradually surfaced permanently from her long submersion, she struggled to understand that the day her baby came into the world was the day she left it. Her awakening was the happy ending for her family and friends--the miracle they had been praying for--but it was just the beginning of Lindsey's long and frightening journey toward a new reality.

With visceral images and richly layered storytelling, Lindsey O'Connor vividly tells the poignant true story of the struggle to reenter her world and rebuild her identity. Underlying this life and death battle is a story of lost and found love, the effort to make sense of life-altering events, and the continuing search for self. This moving memoir paints a powerful picture of pain, beauty, and the unsurpassable gift of finally knowing who you are.

[TrevorViking]

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...=9781441243041