Sympathy / Dede Crane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crane, Dede.

Language:

English

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

348 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : Raincoast Books, [2005]

Summary:

When a car accident claims the lives of her husband and son, Kerry Taylor, a former ballet dancer, slips into a catatonic state. Her family' s last option is the Rosewood Clinic, where Dr. Michael Myatt has launched a controversial new therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder victims in the wake of 9/11. Framed around the seven distinct phases of Myatt' s radical " sympathy-based" therapy, in which the doctor tries to take on the actual physical feelings of the patient, the book explores the permeable boundaries between self and others. A colorful supporting cast of five lost souls adds poignancy and earthy humor to the story of Kerry' s gradual return to consciousness and long-suppressed grief. This powerful first novel examines the relationship between mind, body, and spirit, and sets Kerry' s recovery against a larger backdrop: the healing of damaged minds during a time of political and social upheaval.

ISBN:

1551927810

OCLC:

60670317