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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 when she was 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 wh...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780380732876
ISBN-10: 0380732874
Publication Date: 9/1/2002
Pages: 288
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3.8 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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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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reviewed Limbo : A Memoir on + 334 more book reviews
This is a fascinating memoir, well written.
jpeeps avatar reviewed Limbo : A Memoir on + 9 more book reviews
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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