Logjam of a Beauteous Mind

A vivid, gripping and inspired portrayal of Mona, a splendid woman, diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer & given 3-6 months to live. And her loving Caregiver, who leaves his high-tech firm to stay at home with his frightened wife to help her find the doctors, clinical treatment and "e;threads of Hope"e; to empower and transform herself into a feisty Cancer warrior and believer in her own Survival. Until Mona's mind betrays her with a "e;Logjam chemo brain"e; madness, and she is dropped by Sloan-Kettering, sent home like a soldier with PTSD to face a psychiatric ward and death. How her loving Caregiver's close family team & "e;Orange Juice"e; manage to break Mona's downward spiral! "e;A Universal Love Story. A Beautiful, Deeply-Human, Well-Written Book. Mona's Story will Move You! It Reads like a Novel."e; - Author/Editor Marcy Dermansky [The Red Car] "e;Karp and his wife, Mona, were surprised when a doctor diagnosed her with stage 4 lung cancer in 1993. The mother of two, in her mid- 50s, had never been a smoker."e; "e;Her chemotherapy had physical side effects...But Mona was most affected cognitively. She called it a 'logjam'-a mental fogginess that marred her short-term memory and concentration. This bright woman, a former English teacher who loved travel, was now prone to psychotic episodes."e; "e;Karp's book is both melancholic and engaging. His love and devotion to his wife are without question. He fondly details joyful moments, from the couple's meet-cute decades earlier to bouts of happiness they reveled in post-diagnosis. The author's generally unadorned prose in this touching memoir boasts instances of lyricism."e; "e;An absorbing and moving account of a couple's fight against a terrible disease."e; - Kirkus Reviews "e;No one you Love is forever Dead if you truly Believe their Goodness and Beauty Cannot Perish...For precious moments, our Past was not dead; it was not even Past."e; "e;Logjam of a Beauteous Mind"e;