MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02002cam a22003254a 4500
001 2006041239
003 DLC
005 20080221135932.0
008 060228s2007 nyu 001 0aeng
010 $a 2006041239
020 $a0060825286 (hc)
020 $a9780060825287 (hc)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm64771048
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dIEB$dBUR$dCOO$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aRC406.P3$bR78 2007
082 00 $a362.196/8420092$aB$222
100 1 $aRucker, Allen.
245 14 $aThe best seat in the house :$bhow I woke up one Tuesday and was paralyzed for life /$cAllen Rucker.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperCollins,$cc2007.
300 $axix, 230 p. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"Like the day Elvis died, the day you wake up paralyzed is not a day you soon forget. For writer Rucker--baby boomer, husband, father of two, aging Hollywood also-ran--life started over that Tuesday when, at the age of fifty-one, he was struck by a rare disorder--transverse myelitis--that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He was forced to reevaluate everything, from the simplest bodily functions to the mysteries of the universe. This book offers an unpretentious and unapologetic account of learning to live with paralysis. Without trivializing his situation, and without sermons or clichés, Rucker invites all readers, whether disabled or not, to identify with him for better or for worse. This comic, heartfelt book speaks to the fragility of life and to the resilience and adaptability of a single, ordinary human being.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
600 10 $aRucker, Allen$xHealth.
650 0 $aParaplegics$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aMyelitis$xPatients$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aTelevision writers$zUnited States$vBiography.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0708/2006041239.html