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Andrews, Tom:
Codeine Diary : A Memoir - First edition

1998, ISBN: 0316042447

Hardcover, ID: 6664955696

[EAN: 9780316042444], Neubuch, [PU: Little, Brown and Company], Literary Criticism|American|General, Medical|Hematology, Biography & Autobiography|General, Biography & Autobiography|Literary, Biography & Autobiography|Medical, Jacket, Little, Brown and Company 1998 First Edition Stated New/New DJ Remainder mark on bottom page edge. From At times discursive, Andrews's memoir covers his traumas and triumphs as a poet, teacher, motorcycle racerand hemophiliac. The triumphs include establishing a mark in the Guinness of World Records for continuous clapping (14 hours, 31 minutes) as an 11-year-old and living a full life by "outwitting" his disease. Andrews relates the trauma of various bleeding episodes and the death of an older brother from kidney disease, an event that, according to Andrews, haunts him even more than his own affliction. The is most involving when explaining the horrors of hemophilia: Andrews (Hymning the Kanawha) reports that 90% of hemophiliacs who received regular blood infusions between 1978 and early 1985 carry HIV (he has remained negative to date). His explanations of the dangers and treatments of "bleeds" are thorough and engrossing, but the narrative loses momentum in sections in which random humor is attempted or trivial conversations are reconstructed. Andrews is adept at expressive phrases and insightful observations, but his effectiveness is sometimes undermined by a lack of focus. 1998 Hemophiliac and Guinness record breaker for hand clapping, Andrews has written a memoir of what it was like growing up as the "healthy" child in the family because of his brother's struggle with an ultimately fatal kidney disease. While recovering from a serious bleed and taking codeine to relieve the pain, Andrews, now a professor at Purdue University and an award-winning poet, began writing a diary that evolved into this memoir, thus the title. He stirs the reader's emotions as he bares his own. However, his rather disjointed mix of humor, pain, and poetic images is not as compelling an account of a journey through illness as Reynolds 's A Whole New Life (LJ 3/1/94), which Andrews quotes. Neither does it give full insight into hemophilia, as does Elaine DePrince's Cry Bloody Murder (LJ 7/97). Recommended only for large public libraries.Dixie Jones, Louisiana State Univ. Medical Ctr. Lib., Shreveport 1998

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Andrews, Tom:
Codeine Diary : A Memoir - hardcover

1998, ISBN: 9780316042444

ID: 480640724

Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Little, Brown and Company 1998 First Edition Stated New/New DJ Remainder mark on bottom page edge. From At times discursive, Andrews's memoir covers his traumas and triumphs as a poet, teacher, motorcycle racerand hemophiliac. The triumphs include establishing a mark in the Guinness of World Records for continuous clapping (14 hours, 31 minutes) as an 11-year-old and living a full life by "outwitting" his disease. Andrews relates the trauma of various bleeding episodes and the death of an older brother from kidney disease, an event that, according to Andrews, haunts him even more than his own affliction. The is most involving when explaining the horrors of hemophilia: Andrews (Hymning the Kanawha) reports that 90% of hemophiliacs who received regular blood infusions between 1978 and early 1985 carry HIV (he has remained negative to date). His explanations of the dangers and treatments of "bleeds" are thorough and engrossing, but the narrative loses momentum in sections in which random humor is attempted or trivial conversations are reconstructed. Andrews is adept at expressive phrases and insightful observations, but his effectiveness is sometimes undermined by a lack of focus. 1998 Hemophiliac and Guinness record breaker for hand clapping, Andrews has written a memoir of what it was like growing up as the "healthy" child in the family because of his brother's struggle with an ultimately fatal kidney disease. While recovering from a serious bleed and taking codeine to relieve the pain, Andrews, now a professor at Purdue University and an award-winning poet, began writing a diary that evolved into this memoir, thus the title. He stirs the reader's emotions as he bares his own. However, his rather disjointed mix of humor, pain, and poetic images is not as compelling an account of a journey through illness as Reynolds 's A Whole New Life (LJ 3/1/94), which Andrews quotes. Neither does it give full insight into hemophilia, as does Elaine DePrince's Cry Bloody Murder (LJ 7/97). Recommended only for large public libraries.Dixie Jones, Louisiana State Univ. Medical Ctr. Lib., Shreveport 1998. First Edition Stated. Hardcover. New/New DJ., Little, Brown and Company, 1998

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Tom Andrews:
Codeine Diary : A Memoir - hardcover

ISBN: 9780316042444

ID: 998764481

Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Little, Brown and Company

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Tom Andrews:
Codeine Diary: A Memoir - hardcover

ISBN: 9780316042444

ID: 9780316042444

Codeine Diary: A Memoir Codeine-Diary~~Tom-Andrews Health & Wellness>Other Health Conditions>Other Health Conditions Hardcover, Little, Brown and Company

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Tom Andrews:
Codeine Diary - hardcover

2016, ISBN: 9780316042444

ID: 1106373

Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Little, Brown and Company]