Look Up for Yes

by Richard Tayson and Julia Tavalaro

Book Overview

Thirty years ago, in the dead of winter, a beautiful young woman woke from a seven-month coma in a lonely hospital ward. But when she opened her eyes, no one noticed. Her entire body paralyzed by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568361718
• ISBN13: 9781568361710
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Great eye opener

I read this books years ago, after my own mother had died of a final stroke. I wish that I had read it before. It is very well written, and gives hope to anyone that has a loved one with impaired communication. A little book packed with dynamite to blast preconceptions.

Anyone going into healthcare should read this book!

This book was recommended to my by the teacher of my CNA class in Fort Collins, CO. It was a very moving book... After being a CNA for 6 years now, I was finally able to read it. It refreshed my purpose and drive for going to nursing school. This woman truely has drive!

Good Job Julia

I thought that the book was exelent and that Julia could have talked more about her family and more about Goldwater. Overall she did a fantastic job at writing this book.

Make it mandatory reading for anyone in the medical field!

A nurse recommended the book to my sister. She said it changed the way she treats patients. My sister read it in one afternoon. It makes you think and reminds you to count your blessings!

Look up, and up, and up, and up!

Those who weap because they have no shoes should meet this woman who has no feet, no hands, no voice, no normalcy. And yet she greets the day with poetry and refuses -- against odds few people could bear -- to loosen her grip on reality, on the future, on hope. Where some autobiographical writers might seek our pity, Julia demands our respect. Where some labor to generate tears, Julia aims to generate cheers -- and at times outbursts of profanity. Her story is a fast, easy-to-follow read packed with flashbacks, present-day tales and, the most essential element of all, hope