Lady in Red Where is Your Head?

<p><em>Lady in Red Where is Your Head?</em> by first-author Carolann deBellis tells the story of a woman who survived a brain injury and a coma after a car accident on an icy New Jersey Turnpike in 1987 when she was 34.</p><p><br></p><p>Carolann had it all the perfect life before the accident-a great job at a hot Philadelphia salon a passionate 12-year marriage and a wide circle of friends and family who marveled at her energy and infectious spirit.</p><p><br></p><p>Then in the aftermath of the near-death accident she lost it all-job husband and sense of self. After learning to walk talk and cut hair again she faced the life-long task of going beyond recovery beyond recreating the person she was before the accident to aspire for something better. Psychological counseling and the support of a loving circle of family and friends helped her to see that all was not perfect before the accident helped her redefine a new Carolann a work in progress who's less self-absorbed and more self-aware less controlling and more open in her relationships with men in her life. </p><p><br></p><p>If it weren't for the imperative painful job of remaking herself physically cognitively and emotionally from a child-like state after the accident Carolann might never have undertaken the intense personal journey that leads her today at 59 to say I thank God for my brain injury that cured me.</p><p><br></p><p>More than a conventional memoir or self-help guide Lady in Red stitches together Carolann's own words a diary that her cousin Michael Biello wrote during her coma and rehabilitation hospital documents notes from nurses and visitors and Carolann's collection of inspirational quotes.</p><p><br></p><p>I wrote and rewrote this book for over 20 years to help others who suffered or know someone who has suffered a brain injury Carolann says. Certainly those directly or indirectly affected by a traumatic brain injury will benefit from reading her book but so will anyone who believes it's never too late to re-examine yourself and get to work making yourself a better person. </p>