Friday, February 8, 2008

Waterlemon: husband in coma and other setbacks


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Genre - Biography


Sydney journalist, Ruth Ritchie was enjoying a perfect spring day at home with her newborn baby boy when she got a telephone call that would change her life. Her husband Jhonnie had been in a road accident and was being airlifted to hospital with life threatening head injuries.

Waterlemon is the true story of the long, hard road to recovery for Jhonnie and chronicles the huge amount of love and support required for Ruth and the family to cope with this trauma and try to return to normality. Ruth writes with honesty and humour about surviving this experience with lots of courage, cooking and communication.

--- Reviewed by Sue, Knox Library

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