It was the end of a long day and Trisha Meili, a young New York stockbroker, was just out for a run. At 9.35 p.m. on April 19, 1989, as she jogs alone near 102nd Street in Central Park, she is attacked, raped, savagely beaten and left for dead. She is found hours later by two men wandering the park. When she arrives in the emergency room her body temperature is 85 degrees, she's in a coma and has lost so much blood that the doctors simply cannot comprehend why she is still alive. I AM THE CENTRAL PARK JOGGER takes readers back to the scene of a harrowing crime and recounts the mesmerizing, often heart-wrenching story of human strength and transcendent recovery that involved a family, a hospital, a city, in fact an entire nation of supporters. But for Trisha the crime is not the climax, it's the beginning of her journey. This indelible, moving, tough-minded self portrait weaves the story of emergency room workers, doctors, nurses, investigators, family, colleagues, friends and strangers into a haunting narrative not about vengeance or hate but about hope and possibility, about the mystery of life and its ability to endure.
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"A moving account... an elegant testimony." -- Leslie Jamison * The New York Times * "The best hero stories are never about facing and vanquishing an enemy, though that might be the narrative. The real showdown is with one's self... Trisha Meili had to figure out why life was worth the pain of forging ahead when giving in offered painless escape... Maybe until you're in such a predicament, you can't mine your soul for its hidden steel."
* San Francisco Chronicle * "Told without anger or resentment, it will comfort and inspire anyone who has suffered a horrible trauma -- and many who haven't." * The New York Times Book Review * "The tale of her recovery is also a passionate and inspirational guide for those suffering from traumatic brain injuries and other seemingly insurmountable, debilitating conditions."
* Cleveland Plain Dealer * "The book is inspirational and encompasses the power of the human spirit. Through it, Meili is seen not as a victim, but as a survivor."
* San Antonio Express-News * "Riveting."
* Orlando Sentinel * "Inspiring others in their recovery appears to be [Meili's] role in what she calls her 'second life.' She has made a good start with this book."
* Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *
Auflage
Updated and Expanded edition
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 214 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7432-4438-1 (9780743244381)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Trisha Meili will make a donation to The Achilles Track Club, Gaylord Hospital, and The Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program from her proceeds of this audiobook.
Contents
Prologue
PREFACE:
"I'm Okay"
CHAPTER ONE:
"Wilding"
CHAPTER TWO:
Who Was I?
CHAPTER THREE:
Life Interrupted
CHAPTER FOUR:
Gaylord
CHAPTER FIVE:
"Thank You for Your Prayers"
CHAPTER SIX:
Prepare for Departure
CHAPTER SEVEN:
Reentry
CHAPTER EIGHT:
The Trials
CHAPTER NINE:
Reaching Out
CHAPTER TEN:
Jim and Me
CHAPTER ELEVEN:
The Man in the Wheelchair
Epilogue
Resources
Acknowledgments
