{"product_id":"downhill-a-memoir-of-an-accident-two-comas-many-books-and-starting-over-9781953027580","title":"Downhill: A Memoir of an Accident, Two Comas, Many Books, and Starting Over","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Juana Libedinsky's account of her husband's ski accident and coma is wrenching, suspenseful, and sometimes even funny. Plunged into the world of coma care, with two small children in tow, she becomes part guardian angel, part sex bomb, part reading and tennis obsessive. \u003ci\u003eDownhill\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping true story of grit, terror, and-ultimately-of love.\" --Pamela Druckerman, author of \u003ci\u003eBringing Up Bébé\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Monogamy Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bookish memoir about barreling through (ridiculously) hard times\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a devastating skiing accident leaves Conrado, a young, successful professional, in a coma, it is not only his fate that hangs in the balance. His wife, Juana, and their two children have their lives upended overnight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Juana, an Argentine journalist living in New York, tells the story in the first person, tracing a journey from the vast stillness of the Patagonian Andes to the fluorescent-lit hospital corridors in Buenos Aires--and, eventually, to the relentless pace and demands of Manhattan, where life does not pause, even when everything else has. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As she navigates the punishing world of coma care, hospital bureaucracy, and--perhaps even more bewildering for a foreigner--the peculiarities of the Manhattan private school circuit, Juana clings to a few anchors: racket sports, an eclectic cohort of friends and neighbors, and books. Lots of books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eDownhill \u003c\/i\u003eis Juana's account of a couple of terrible years, told with the sharp eye of a seasoned reporter and a signature dry humor that surfaces in unexpected places. Woven throughout are reflections on the writers who sustained her through interminable hospital stays and the logistical ropes course of caregiving: Joan Didion on grief, Jorge Luis Borges on memory, Abraham Verghese on the orderly nature of tennis. Their voices form a kind of chorus, grounding Juana as she--and we--are reminded of the transcendental and practical powers of reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At times breathless in its intensity, at others quietly contemplative, and often disarmingly funny, \u003ci\u003eDownhill\u003c\/i\u003e is, at its core, a love story: to a husband, to two children, to books--and to the stubborn, slightly irrational belief that things will, somehow, be okay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juana Libedinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Urano Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953027580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuana Libedinsky \u003c\/b\u003eis an Argentine writer and journalist based in New York. A longtime columnist for \u003ci\u003eLa Nación \u003c\/i\u003ein Argentina and cultural correspondent for \u003ci\u003eEl País \u003c\/i\u003ein Uruguay, she has also written for publications including \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveler, \u003c\/i\u003e ForbesWomen and \u003ci\u003eLa Vanguardia\u003c\/i\u003e in Spain. She is the author of widely acclaimed books in Spanish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eDownhill\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted from \u003ci\u003eCuesta Abajo\u003c\/i\u003e--hailed by the press as \"unputdownable\"--is her first book in English. She is a graduate of NYU's Cultural Reporting and Criticism Program, where she was an Arthur L. Carter Fellow, and a former Wolfson Press Fellow at the University of Cambridge. She teaches cultural journalism at the Universidad San Pablo CEU in Madrid.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Juana Libedinsky \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48968609431709,"sku":"9781953027580","price":19.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5821436e-cd70-4b2a-84c4-663e2397f1dd.jpg?v=1790752411","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/downhill-a-memoir-of-an-accident-two-comas-many-books-and-starting-over-9781953027580","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}