Slow Dance: A Story Of Stroke, Love And Disability - Brossura

"Promise yourself laughter, alarm, illumination -- promise yourself to read this book."

-Michele Landsberg

"An intensive and multifaceted view of how catastrophic illness may shatter lives but can also cause us to recombine the fragments in new and wholly unexpected ways." -Quill & Quire

"Bonnie Klein has brilliantly interweaved her own narrative with reports from her husband, her children, her therapists, her friends, the neurosurgeon who saved her life, and the orchestration of these many voices and perspectives gives a rich and poignant character to the clinical and human drama as it unfolds." -Oliver Sacks

"A gripping page turner and a love story." -The Ottawa Citizen

"Incredibly moving, warm, witty and sharp -- conveys all the intensity of feeling and the passion of a woman in whom life is triumphant." -Sheila Kitzinger

"Bonnie Klein re-creates the world of stroke and its survival with uncommon vividness,

a fine intelligence, and great good humour." -Nancy Mairs, author of Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled

Bonnie Sherr Klein was an award-winning documentary filmmaker, best known for her controversial exploration of pornography, Not a Love Story, when she had two strokes at the age of 46. Bonnie now counsels and speaks about health care, rehabilitation and disability rights. She lives in Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast.