Broken butterfly : my daughter's struggle with brain injury / Karin Finell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finell, Karin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finell, Stephanie, 1964-1995.

Finell, Stephanie.

Finell, Karin.

Brain-damaged children--Biography.

Brain-damaged children.

Brain damage--Patients--Biography.

Brain damage.

Brain-damaged children--Family relationships.

Mothers and daughters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

My daughter's struggle with brain injury

Place of Publication:

Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"It all began with the bite of a mosquito.Yes, with a bite of this pesky, but seemingly so innocuous little insect that had been sucking her blood.Not just one, but hundreds had punctured her arms and legs with red marks which later swelled to small welts.

Contents:

"Butterfly" / by Stephanie Finell

Acknowledgments

The thunderbolt

In limbo

Chrysalis

Moments of light

The devil's choice

The awakening

Slowly, too slowly

Fissures

The teacher

Patterns and repetition

The goldfish bowl

Miracles and roses

Pressures, explosions

Sweet sixteen

Shadow play

Prisons

No more songs

Of lion trees and elephants

The heartbeat of the earth

Back in the land of fear

The black knight

New beginnings

The golden city

Special Olympics

Two weddings, three funerals

Changes

Navajo land

Falling in love again

Spirit visit

Rainbows and moonbows

Things a mother should never know

Postscriptum.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8262-7292-4

OCLC:

868217510