Overview
The summer before she was set to head out-of-state to pursue her MFA, twenty-six-year-old Cole Cohen submitted herself to a battery of tests. For as long as she could remember, she'd struggled with a series of learning disabilities that made it nearly impossible to judge time and space--standing at a cross walk, she couldn't tell you if an oncoming car would arrive in ten seconds or thirty; if you asked her to let you know when ten minutes had passed, she might notify you in a minute or an hour. These symptoms had always kept her from getting a driver's license, which she wanted to have for grad school. Instead of leaving the doctor's office with permission to drive, she left with a shocking diagnosis--doctors had found a large hole in her brain responsible for her life-long struggles. Because there aren't established tools to rely on in the wake of this unprecedented and mysterious diagnosis, Cole and her doctors and family create them, and discover firsthand how best to navigate the unique world that Cole lives in. Told without an ounce of self-pity and plenty of charm and wit, Head Case is ultimately a story of triumph, as we watch this passionate, loveable, and unsinkable young woman chart a path for herself.
Full Product Details
Author: Cole Cohen ,
Julia Whelan
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9798200017515
Publication Date: 19 May 2015
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"A beautifully wrenching memoir as piercing as smelling salts.-- ""Kirkus Starred Review"" ""A lemon-size hole in her brain prevents Cohen from accurately judging time and space but not from writing beautifully."" -- ""Booklist"" ""Astonishing."" -- ""New York Post"" ""Rich with yearning and ache, conveying a scrunched sense of claustrophobia and imagery of cinematic quality...A beautifully wrenching memoir as piercing as smelling salts."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"""
Author Information
Cole Cohen graduated from the California Institute of the Arts MFA program in writing and critical studies in 2009. She was a finalist for the Bakeless Prize and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs prize in nonfiction, and she has been a Yaddo fellow. She currently lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she works as the events and program coordinator for UC Santa Barbara's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. Julia Whelan, winner of numerous Earphones Awards, won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Romance Narration in 2013 and has also been a finalist for an Audie Award in other years. She was named one of AudioFile magazine's Best Voices of 2010, and two of her audio narrations were shortlisted for the American Library Association's notable recordings of 2010. Her narration of Jandy Nelson's The Sky Is Everywhere earned a place in the first round of 2011 Grammy nominations for Best Spoken Word Album. She is a former child actor who has appeared in multiple films and television shows, most notably ABC's Once and Again. After receiving her college degree, she returned to the film industry and is also a writer.
