Daniel Shapiro, "The Thin Ledge: A Husband’s Memoir of Love, Trauma, and Unexpected Circumstances" (Greenleaf, 2021)

New Books in Literature · Jul 27, 2021 · 25m

Daniel Shapiro was a successful attorney in his early forties when his wife, Susan, suffered a brain bleed and a diagnosis that her future was uncertain. Stunned, and with three young children, the couple made the most of the few years that followed, before a massive second hemorrhage changed everything. Physically, Susan was badly compromised in her ability to speak, see, and walk. Mentally, she spiraled into depression and experienced a drastic personality change. The Thin Ledge: A Husband’s Memoir of Love, Trauma, and Unexpected Circumstances (River Grove Books, 2021) is about coping…