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Wherever You Are: A Memoir of Love, Marriage, and Brain Injury
Wherever You Are: A Memoir of Love, Marriage, and Brain Injury
Wherever You Are: A Memoir of Love, Marriage, and Brain Injury
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Cynthia Lim thought she had the perfect life: a husband who was a successful attorney, a fulfilling career in education, two teenage sons in private school, and a home in Los Angeles rich in books, music, and art. Then in 2003, her husband Perry suffers a cardiac arrest and brain injury, lingering in a coma for ten days before slowly awakening. A different person emerges, one who has lost his short-term memory and is fully dependent on others. Married for twenty years, she doesn't know how much of his former self will return as she fights for the treatment and care he needs.

She struggles with caregiving and working full-time while finding connection with the man she once knew and loved, whose brain will never again function as it did before. While wrestling with the urge to leave him in an institution and walk away, she discovers the strength and resolve that will allow her to build a new life. Wherever You Are is the story of a marriage after a spouse is forever changed by a catastrophic event. It is a story of redefining life with disability and discovering the real truth of love and marriage.

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Release dateSep 1, 2018
ISBN9781603817226
Wherever You Are: A Memoir of Love, Marriage, and Brain Injury
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Cynthia Lim

Cynthia Lim lives in Los Angeles with her husband. She is retired from Los Angeles Unified School District and holds a doctorate in social welfare. Her essays have appeared in various publications including Hawai'i Pacific Review, Gemini Magazine, Hobart, and Witness Magazine.

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