Love You Hard
A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love
Abby Maslin
- Abby
- Maslin
- shares
- an
- inspiring
- story
- of
- resilience
- and
- commitment
- in
- a
- deeply
- affecting
- new
- memoir.
- After
- her
- husband
- suffered
- a
- traumatic
- brain
- injury,
- the
- couple
- worked
- together
- as
- he
- recovered—and
- they
- learned
- to
- love
- again.When
- Abby
- Maslin's
- husband,
- TC,
- didn't
- make
- it
- home
- on
- August
- 18,
- 2012,
- she
- knew
- something
- was
- terribly
- wrong.
- Her
- fears
- were
- confirmed
- when
- she
- learned
- that
- her
- husband
- had
- been
- beaten
- by
- three
- men
- and
- left
- for
- dead
- mere
- blocks
- from
- home,
- all
- for
- his
- cell
- phone
- and
- debit
- card.The
- days
- and
- months
- that
- followed
- were
- a
- grueling
- test
- of
- faith.
- As
- TC
- recovered
- from
- a
- severe
- traumatic
- brain
- injury
- that
- left
- him
- unable
- to
- speak
- and
- walk,
- Abby
- faced
- the
- challenge
- of
- caring
- for**—and
- loving—**a
- husband
- who
- now
- resembled
- a
- stranger.Love
- You
- Hard
- is
- the
- raw,
- unflinchingly
- honest
- story
- of
- a
- young
- love
- left
- broken,
- and
- the
- resilience
- required
- to
- mend
- a
- life
- and
- remake
- a
- marriage.
- Told
- from
- the
- caregiver's
- perspective,
- this
- book
- is
- a
- daring
- exploration
- of
- true
- love:
- what
- it
- means
- to
- love
- beyond
- language,
- beyond
- abilities,
- and
- into
- the
- place
- that
- reveals
- who
- we
- really
- are.At
- the
- heart
- of
- Abby
- and
- TC's
- unique
- and
- captivating
- story
- are
- the
- universal
- truths
- that
- bind
- us
- all.
- This
- is
- a
- tale
- of
- living
- and
- loving
- wholeheartedly,
- learning
- to
- heal
- after
- profound
- grief,
- and
- choosing
- joy
- in
- the
- wake
- of tragedy.
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