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Pieces you'll never get back a memoir of unlikely survival

At 29, as a young writer working on her first novel, Samina Ali nearly died giving birth to her son. Miraculously, she survived the unchecked eclampsia that had endangered her pregnancy, instead sustaining major brain injury and falling into a coma as she gave birth. When she woke up, only her deepe...

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Main Author: Ali, Samina, 1969- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Catapult, 2025.
Edition:First Catapult edition.
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Brain damage > Patients > Biography.
Brain damage > Patients > Rehabilitation.
Brain damage > Patients > Family relationships.
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Summary:At 29, as a young writer working on her first novel, Samina Ali nearly died giving birth to her son. Miraculously, she survived the unchecked eclampsia that had endangered her pregnancy, instead sustaining major brain injury and falling into a coma as she gave birth. When she woke up, only her deepest memories were intact. Her husband was a stranger to her, she didn't remember having a baby, and any language other than her native Urdu was foreign. Medical consensus was she would never recover--much less write--again.
Physical Description:263 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781646222612
Author Notes:SAMINA ALI is the author of Madras on Rainy Days , which won the French Prix Premier Roman Etranger Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction. She is also a recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. She is a public speaker, and her Tedx talk, "What the Qur'an Really Says About the Hijab," currently has over 8 million views. Her writing has been featured in various outlets, from national NPR to The Economist.

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