After Words

Missing collection

By: Nina Mitchell

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 52 mins

Publisher's summary

In this darkly comic memoir, a young woman recounts the steps she took to rebuild her sense of self in the aftermath of two devastating strokes that robbed her of her ability to communicate.

Nina Mitchell was an accomplished Harvard graduate whose world changed forever when her facility with language - and much of her personality - disappeared. Lacking the tools to navigate her old life, Nina was forced to create another one. In After Words, she shares her remarkable journey as she slowly reclaims the power to converse, write, assert her identity, and to be herself - with words.

Nina Mitchell’s After Words is part of Missing, a collection of six true stories about finding, restoring, or accepting the losses that define our lives - from the mysterious to the inspiring. Each story can be listened to in a single sitting.

©2018 Nina Mitchell (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc. all rights reserved.

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I got this book free as part of a collection of short stories offered to Prime members (First Reads). I didn't know anything about it when I started listening. I don't like leaving negative reviews, so I am sorry to say that this wasn't a topic that interested me. Sometimes a topic can become interesting because of how it's delivered, and it subsequently engages you. That just wasn't me. I felt that the author tried too hard to find the perfect metaphors, and in many places it felt contrived. I'm really glad that she recovered so well, and I thank her for sharing her story.

real life trials and tribulations

it doesn't happen to most people but for the select population that is Young and vibrant and lives through a debilitating medical situation like a stroke, it can be very frustrating. This is a very nice true to life story of someone who is experiencing that loss of words and Monumental change of life after such an event. Reeder was phenomenal.

A true journey

If reading a book is going on a journey for you, this is a really interesting one that inspires compassion and empathy and gratitude!!! Great read!!!

A triumph for anyone with a broken body.

Awesome story for everyone, but especially those who have suffered tremendous physical injury. It’s an uplifting account of how impressively the body can heal and recover, and how the new normal begins.

This isn’t a self-help book, but it will give you hope, and that’s enough for a spark.

Excellent and engrossing story!

I really enjoyed listening to this riveting and engaging book while on my daily walk.

Brillant !

It is a journey of selfdiscovery and relearning si many basic skills like a new baby.

a different perspective

definitely makes you grateful for things you take for granted, such as basic speech. something everyone should read...I listened to it in the time span of making dinner.

Enlightening

I had a friend who ,too, had Aphasia. At that time I had no idea what Aphasia was and had to
look it up! This story is very helpful in understanding the condition. The Author explained it very well. It was also well read.

Interesting Short Story about a Woman's Struggle to Heal.

I received and listened to this book for free because of an Amazon Prime Reading perk that included audible narration. The story is just a little over an hour long and tells of a woman’s experience after having had not just one, but two strokes. The author told a very poignant story about her experiences and frustrations with her circumstances. She was a highly intelligent and very successful woman who was suddenly unable to communicate her most basic thoughts. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I was struck by the author's persistence and perseverance as she described the work and therapy she endured to resume a life that would be as normal as it could be under the circumstances. The narrator did a great job of reading this book. I’m glad I had the opportunity to hear this story.

Life after stroke

The feelings of a stroke and to trying to life with it with acceptance.