Hot Cripple: An Incurable Smart-ass Takes on the Health Care System and Lives to Tell the Tale
- 作者:Gorman,Hogan
- 出版社:Tarcherperigree
- 出版日期:2012-03-06
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:0399537287
- ISBN13:9780399537288
- 裝訂:平裝 / 13.3 x 21 x 1.9 cm / 普通級
From Prada to poverty-one woman's harrowing and hilarious journey
Ex-model Hogan Gorman was living the typical New York working actor's life-auditions and classes by day, waitressing and fending off handsy customers by night-when a wise (or just crazy) friend convinced her to ask the universe for a change. And she got one-coming at her at forty miles per hour. Hit by a car and suffering debilitating injuries, and with no health insurance, the fashionista attempts to bounce back into her (thrift store-purchased) Jimmy Choos even as she deals with short-term memory loss, stalker ambulance drivers, trying to stay vegan on food stamps, crazy judges, hot doctors, and unsympathetic government workers.
Inspired by her acclaimed one-woman show, this is a bitingly funny and keenly observed account of the cracks in our medical and social welfare system and how one woman's resilience combined with a generous dollop of humor helped her fight her way to recovery.