About the book…
Nominated for INDIES Book of the Year in Humor from Foreword Reviews Winner, Writers Digest Self Published Awards – Honorable Mention for Life StoriesWinner Finalist for Humor, 2018 International Book AwardsWinner Finalist for Humor, 2018 Readers Favorite AwardsWinner Top Ten Indie Book of 2018, Amy’s Bookshelf”Panicking never helps.”
Tuesday’s breakfast was interrupted by a stroke, and the only available help is the author’s second grader. Launched into a medical crisis, Kimberly Davis Basso (and her brain) respond with wit, wisdom, and wishful thinking. From surviving a stroke to surviving a zombie apocalypse, “I’m a Little Brain Dead” is alarmingly irreverent. No matter how critical or ridiculous the situation, Kimberly abides by their family rule “Panicking never helps.”
You’ll get an inside look at being a middle aged stroke patient as she hosts a neurological event, juggles doctors, undergoes a heart procedure and asks the really big question – how tiny is tiny when it refers to dead tissue? What would you do? Are you prepared to have a medical crisis, unable to speak or walk? Would your kids know what to do? It’s time to make an escape plan. Kimberly will walk (or rather shuffle) readers through her experience in an honest, hilarious look at the site of the world’s smallest zombie apocalypse – her brain.
What can I say?
I can trot out the usual words saying ‘brave’,’bold’, ‘inspiring’ and ‘heartwarming’ but this does not even scratch the surface of this amazing memoir.
Sweary, brutally honest and open are also what this book is, it is much needed to bring a realistic and accessible account of stroke to those who may think it only affects older people.
At a time when public awareness of stroke and the effects of it, support for those undergoing it and how to reduce stressors which contribute towards it, are being raised by people such as Emilia Clarke,this book takes on even greater meaning.
How do you maintain a healthy sex life after a stroke?
Are you a safe parent?
How do you get people to see you as a person who has suffered a stroke rather than a sick person, or a victim of an unexpected event, how do you maintain that sense of self in the face of medical checks, regimens, fear of the next stroke?
Where do you go from here?
KD Basso doesn’t promise to have all the answers but she does have knowledge, insight and a brilliant sense of humour (the title should give you an inkling) about how she went about getting her life back after the bottom fell out of her world.Representation, visibility and awareness are so important and I thoroughly recommend this book.
*also I fucking love the swearing !*
About the author…
A native of the Boston area, Kimberly has always been a writer- of stories, of plays, and of lists. She worked as a stage director and producer for nearly twenty-five years, and still occasionally hits the boards. She tends to move a lot, and always cross country- Boston =>San Francisco =>Miami =>Los Angeles =>New York =>Los Angeles.
Are we done? Hopefully. She currently resides in good health in the Los Angeles area. Kimberly enjoys her family (one husband, two children, several pets) and her family enjoys road trips and roller coasters.
Links-http://www.kimberlydavisbasso.com/
Twitter @KDBWrites
Instagram @KDBWrites or @thebard_and_i
Email KDBassoWrites@gmail.com
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