Piece of Mind (CD-Audio)

from tjsjohanna

Lucy is a curious mix of intelligence and disability. As a narrator, she is sometimes difficult to understand, but I found myself empathizing with her and wondering just how she would manage. Grief is a prominent theme, but there is also a sense of hope.

from jfe16

When Lucy was three, she was hit by a truck and suffered traumatic brain injury. She does not remember the "before" of her life, only the "after" in which she has had to learn to deal with what she can and cannot do for herself. The story, told in the first person by Lucy, is uplifting and poigna...

from chrisblocker

Piece of Mind has its flaws-its weakness of resolution, its underdeveloped secondary characters, its saccharine-sweet storytelling-but at its heart is the extremely captivating mind of Lucy. Lucy is such a perfect blend of sweet and dysfunctional that it's difficult not to feel endearment toward ...

from nyiper

This book was so sweetly and movingly told---especially with the author's comments that her older sister, experiencing a brain injury in childhood, provided the drawings in her novel and also the book's inspiration. Written from Lucy's perspective was a revealing way to see the world---both convi...

from nyiper

This book was so sweetly and movingly told---especially with the author's comments that her older sister, experiencing a brain injury in childhood, provided the drawings in her novel and also the book's inspiration. Written from Lucy's perspective was a revealing way to see the world---both convi...