Unlikely Memories and Two Amnesias

ISBN-13: 9780615880044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 348 str.

Holly Winter

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Holly Winter is a camera without film. She is a woman without a history. In this memoir, Winter helps us laugh in the face of adversity as she proves, time and again, that she is more than her medical history. Read about her struggles with two unrelated forms of amnesia, and how going on the Dr. Phil show helped her brain. These short stories are set against an inspirational backdrop of travel, romance, dating, cooking, teaching-and remembering who she is. If you're interested in true stories about amnesia, you'll find many in this amnesia book. Holly suffered complete and total amnesia, where she forgot and never recovered every memory of her childhood. There is one about first getting amnesia, (Life Began for Me, ) one about family helping Holly choose a career path, (Smothered Lie, ) and one about almost remembering--the most frustrating part of having amnesia, (The Birth of Memory #4.) Holly has 2 kinds of amnesia. The second one is called, visual amnesia. She can't visually recall what anything looks like, ever. You might enjoy reading about a visual memory test given by a famous doctor, (Can't (Visual) See (Memory) Houses (Test.) The story about trying to remember her boyfriend's face has gotten a lot of press. (Holding His Image in My Hands.) If you're interested in heart problems, read (Heart Surgery Looming in my Today.) There are many stories about teaching. If you are interested in the field of education, you will love her chapter on teaching. Included are stories from teaching kindergarten on the Apache Indian Reservation (Kindergarten, ) teaching home-economics in middle school (Teaching Middle School, ) and teaching English/literacy in high school (Teaching High School.) You'll find everything in this chapter from teaching severely disabled students (David Days) to the frustrations of giving standardized tests (Free Solutions to Raising Test Scores.) The story on how to teach kids about school violence (Quiet for Nothing) has gotten a lot of positive press. There are several stories about being a flight attendant. You don't want to miss the one about her serving coffee to a "hater." (Coffee?) Check out the story about the time Holly Winter was the assistant manager of a Walden Book Store. (Parting Thought.) Do you like travel stories? Be sure to read about her double date in Spain with a taxi driver. (Spain: Double Date.) The write about the famous model in the Bahamas has been shared thousands of times. (Bahamas: Supermodel. And if you've ever rented a car in a foreign country, you'll want to read (Italy: Thief ) Ready to laugh? Be sure to check out (How to Make Every Kid Dumber) and (15 Pick-up Lines for Coffee Shops.) There are recipes, too. You might be in the mood to try the Cheatin' Chicken Soup, the Mini Cheesecakes, or the Seriously Addictive Praline Nuts. In the life section is one story (Good-bye Late-night Denver) that is the kind of story that Holly has only told friends. Only readers will catch the embarrassing story. Whether you're in the mood to read (Sex Lessons) or (Rum (made the difference) Cake) you have many choices. When's the last time you read a non-fiction book that read like fiction? This is your chance. Once you've finished, you'll understand while the book was titled: Unlikely Memories and Two Amnesias. Feel free to connect with Holly to ask questions or leave comments. Email her through her website at www.hollywinter.com.