Aged just 29, gifted, athletic and loved, Lu Spinney's son Miles was on the brink of a brilliant future. Then a snowboarding accident changed everything. He suffered a devastating head injury and was left in a coma.
With unflinching honesty, Lu has written a passionate, urgent account of the years following Miles's accident, revealing his existence imprisoned in a limbo of fluctuating consciousness, at times agonizingly aware of his predicament. Beyond the High Blue Air explores the nature of self when all means of communication are lost, the anguish of witnessing Miles's suffering and the slow-dawning recognition by his family that, though Miles had been prevented from dying, he had not been brought back to a meaningful life. Beyond the High Blue Air is a bold, raw, courageous memoir: a testament to the fierce power of maternal love.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In the year before his 30th birthday, Miles had everything to live for - brilliant, athletic, beautiful and loved, his life was a success story that had only just begun. But a sudden and disastrous snowboarding accident changed everything; Miles was left in a coma, semi-conscious but unable to move or speak. This stunningly moving memoir by Miles' mother, Lu, is about love. The fathomless love for one's children, and the unbearable agony when you come to realize that sometimes this is not enough.With painstaking honesty, Lu explores the nature of self when all means of communication are lost, the unbearable grief when your loved one remains alive but profoundly incapacitated, and the enormous impact on a family of caring for a profoundly damaged and once-brilliant young man.Beyond the High Blue Air also examines the slow-dawning recognition of what life had become for Miles, as his family falteringly comes to the realisation that they will have to let him go. This searingly honest, beautifully crafted memoir is a testament to the fierce power of maternal love. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781782398875
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In the year before his 30th birthday, Miles had everything to live for - brilliant, athletic, beautiful and loved, his life was a success story that had only just begun. But a sudden and disastrous snowboarding accident changed everything; Miles was left in a coma, semi-conscious but unable to move or speak. This stunningly moving memoir by Miles' mother, Lu, is about love. The fathomless love for one's children, and the unbearable agony when you come to realize that sometimes this is not enough.With painstaking honesty, Lu explores the nature of self when all means of communication are lost, the unbearable grief when your loved one remains alive but profoundly incapacitated, and the enormous impact on a family of caring for a profoundly damaged and once-brilliant young man.Beyond the High Blue Air also examines the slow-dawning recognition of what life had become for Miles, as his family falteringly comes to the realisation that they will have to let him go. This searingly honest, beautifully crafted memoir is a testament to the fierce power of maternal love. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781782398875