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Limbo: A Memoir
Limbo A Memoir
Author: A. Manette Ansay
From childhood, acclaimed novelist A. Manette Ansay trained to become a concert pianist. But at nineteen, a mysterious muscle disorder forced her to give up the piano, and by twenty-one, she couldn't grip a pen or walk across a room. She entered a world of limbo, one in which no one could explain what was happening to her or predict what the fut...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780688172862
ISBN-10: 0688172865
Publication Date: 10/2001
Pages: 269
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Publisher: William Morrow Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 1
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Having lived with chronic illness (without diagnosis and without any answers on how far into the future it could be expected to continue) I actually dropped a note to the author after reading this book. I thanked her for writing it. I really appreciated the author doesn't take a "pollyanna" approach to discussing her drastic life change from being on the way to a concert pianist and stopped in the middle by a "mysterious muscle disorder." The author is honest in discussing all elements of her disability and new life...both the negative and the positive. I found this a powerful as well as inspiring read.
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This is a fascinating memoir, well written.
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A wonderful book that highlights the power of the human spirit.
maggiemaynj avatar reviewed Limbo: A Memoir on + 32 more book reviews
'a powerfull memoir,, beautiffully illuminates selected details of her{ansays} catholic childhood ,her struggles with religion and her growing realizatuon that her illness{terrets syndrome} is a permanent one"


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