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I re-read this fairly frequently; Harrison is one of my favorite poets, and this is probably my favorite of all his works. Coming to it at different times, dropping into it at different places, it always has something to say that helps me find the center of the earth again, to paraphrase a character ... (continue)

Not crazy about the film version though - messed with the mythology of the story big time, from the way the major characters looked [including the Big Nurse] to the way some things occurred. And there's no way to bring to the screen what happens in the Chief's head - a huge part of the book's narrat ... (continue)

This is so moving on so many levels - not only with the author's account of his own accident, but of others to whom he was [sometime intimately] connected who struggled with other levels of disability, and other people's reactions, demands, and impact to and on those struggles.

One of the best reads i've had in a long time - based on the real Mable Stark, who tamed tigers in circuses [including Barnum & Bailey] and shows from circa 1910 until not long before her death in the 1960s, survived a few husbands and several maulings [a few nearly fatal] from her animals - and liv ... (continue)

an older text, with some portions outdated by newer findings now; but with some decent timelines and other illustrations of a fascinating topic.