Gone
A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2020
Summary
A triple amputee physician’s memoir of resilience, love, and difficult decisions—essential reading for the amputee, Parkinson’s, and rehabilitation medicine communities.
For the 2 million Americans living with limb loss, for every family navigating a Parkinson’s diagnosis, and for rehabilitation professionals who sit with patients and try to describe how full life can still look—this book was written for you.
In 1979, Linda Olson was a third-year radiology resident visiting Ge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781631527890 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1631527894 |
| Author: | Linda K. Olson |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
2021 IPPY Awards Gold Winner in Autobiography/Memoir III in Personal Struggle/Health Issues
2021 Maxy Award Winner in Best Nonfiction
A 2020 Shelf Unbound Top Notable Indie Book
2020-2021 Reader Views Silver Award Winner in Memoir/Biography/Autobiography
“I would encourage anyone feeling challenged or burned out to read this memoir to learn the true meaning of resilience.”—David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, executive director of American College of Surgeons
“Linda inspires us to live life to the fullest, no matter what has happened.”—Bob Miller, board member of the American Parkinson Disease Association, Iowa Chapter
“Olson’s riveting narrative is about love and devotion as much as it is about attitude and tenacity… . Inspirational, gripping, and a testament to positive thinking.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A heartrending, heroic memoir of resilience and love that reminds us all how precious life is and how important it is to fight for it.”—Drs. Thomas Patterson and Steffanie Strathdee, coauthors of The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save her Husband from a Deadly Superbug
“An unbelievable journey from hell back to some degree of normal living. A must-read for anybody recovering from traumatic injury.”—US Senator Max Cleland (Ret.)
“This book will make you question your assumptions about what it means to be handicapped. It is a beautifully written exemplar of resilience. Linda Olson and her family show us how a family surmounted incredible adversity with bravery, honesty, and humor.”—Joel E. Dimsdale, MD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus University of California, San Diego
“This is an incredible story of survival following an horrific accident. It is first and foremost the story of Linda’s personal journey of courage and resiliency … You will read this with awe and wonder.”—Frederic G. Sanford, MD, Rear Admiral, Medical Corps US Navy (Ret.)
Linda K. Olson
Linda K. Olson, MD, FACR, is a triple amputee, physician, and motivational speaker whose story has been called one of the most remarkable accounts of resilience in American medicine. A Professor Emeritus of Radiology and former Director of Breast Imaging at UC San Diego, she built a thirty-year academic career after losing both legs and her right arm in a 1979 train accident. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2015, she is also a six-year board member of the World Parkinson Coalition and was keynote speaker at the 5th World Parkinson Congress in Kyoto. Dr. Olson lives in San Diego, CA.
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