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Author:

Hendrickson, John, author.

Title:

Life on delay : making peace with a stutter / John Hendrickson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

x, 255 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Hendrickson, John,--Health.
Stutterers--Biography.
Stuttering.
Stutterers--Takoma Park--Takoma Park--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255).

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0593319133
9780593319130

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1293450809

LCCN:

2021054996

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