Missing Pieces: Mending the Head Injury Family

First published in 1987 and updated for re-release in 2004, this inspiring and compassionate recovery manual has helped thousands of families throughout the country and world who have struggled with drastic life changes after brain injury. Written by a wife and mother who's been there, Missing Pieces offers advice and understanding for the dark times in each family's struggle to cope with the pain of brain injury in the family. The author discusses issues like: how to deal with the abruptly dysfunctional family that brain injury creates; how to ease into new roles and expectations; why "letting go" is so difficult; how to change anger into a positive force; how to deal with a changed sexual reality; and how to sustain a belief that you're going to survive. Used by families, social workers, rehabilitation specialists and lawyers to help families cope, the book offers comfort and hope as families grieve-- and then begin to rebuild.