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Barcode37821002484505
LocationMarshall District
TitleLife on delay : making peace with a stutter / John Hendrickson.
AuthorHendrickson, John (Atlantic senior editor), author.
Call No616.85 HEN
CollectionAdult 600

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International Standard Book Number 9780593319130
International Standard Book Number 0593319133
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 616.85540092
Personal Name Hendrickson, John (Atlantic senior editor), author.
Title Statement Life on delay : making peace with a stutter / John Hendrickson.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Physical Description x, 272 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-255)
Formatted Contents Note Nothing in your hands -- Dead air -- The look -- Balls and strikes -- The fluency factory -- Hard to explain -- Joe -- Liquid courage -- Black waves -- Kairos -- Penn State, part 1 -- A hand full of wheel -- Penn State, part 2 -- "Sir! What language do you speak?" -- One-way west -- Borrowed time -- "I kind of leave my body" -- Pink slips -- The locked box -- "Our bodies betray us" -- The Biden letters -- "It just didn't deter me" -- "A softer place to land" -- "There is no yet" -- Mom and dad -- If not for you -- Friends -- Brothers.
Summary, Etc. "In the fall of 2019, John Hendrickson wrote a groundbreaking story for The Atlantic about Joe Biden’s decades-long journey with stuttering, as well as his own. The article went viral, reaching readers around the world and altering the course of Hendrickson’s life. Overnight, he was forced to publicly confront an element of himself that still caused him great pain. He soon learned he wasn’t alone with his feelings: strangers who stutter began sending him their own personal stories, something that continues to this day. Now, in this reported memoir, Hendrickson takes us deep inside the mind and heart of a stutterer as he sets out to answer lingering questions about himself and his condition that he was often too afraid to ask. In Life on Delay, Hendrickson writes candidly about bullying, substance abuse, depression, isolation, and other issues stutterers like him face daily. He explores the intricate family dynamics surrounding his own stutter and revisits key people from his past in unguarded interviews. Readers get an over-the-shoulder view of his childhood; his career as a journalist, which once seemed impossible; and his search for a romantic partner. Along the way, Hendrickson guides us through the evolution of speech therapy, the controversial quest for a 'magic pill' to end stuttering, and the burgeoning self-help movement within the stuttering community. Beyond his own experiences, he shares portraits of fellow stutterers who have changed his life, and he writes about a pioneering doctor who is upending the field of speech therapy. Life on Delay is an indelible account of perseverance, a soulful narrative about not giving up, and a glimpse into the process of making peace with our past and present selves." --publisher's website.
Subject-Personal Name Hendrickson, John (Atlantic senior editor) Health.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Journalists United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Stuttering.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Autobiography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Stutterers Maryland Takoma Park Biography.