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Overcome
Burned, Blinded and Blessed
by Carmen Blandin Tarleton
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Mar 16 2013
| Archive Date
Oct 05 2013
Description
On June 10, 2007, Carmen Blandin Tarleton’s estranged husband broke into her rural Vermont home, beat her with a baseball bat, and doused her with industrial-strength lye. Doctors called it “THE MOST HORRIFIC INJURY A HUMAN BEING COULD SUFFER.” Tarleton spent the next three and a half months in a medically induced coma, and when she awoke, it was to an unimaginable reality: she was blind and permanently disfigured, with burns covering more than eighty percent of her body. Her recovery would include months of painful rehab, dozens of surgeries, and total dependence on family, friends, and strangers for physical and financial care. With so much taken away, no one could have anticipated what Tarleton would gain from her experience: an awakening. A purpose. Joy. By sharing her struggles and ultimate victory over catastrophic loss, Tarleton proves that life is a choice—and, in the process, offers a rare glimpse into the best and worst corners of the human heart.
On June 10, 2007, Carmen Blandin Tarleton’s estranged husband broke into her rural Vermont home, beat her with a baseball bat, and doused her with industrial-strength lye. Doctors called it “THE MOST...
Description
On June 10, 2007, Carmen Blandin Tarleton’s estranged husband broke into her rural Vermont home, beat her with a baseball bat, and doused her with industrial-strength lye. Doctors called it “THE MOST HORRIFIC INJURY A HUMAN BEING COULD SUFFER.” Tarleton spent the next three and a half months in a medically induced coma, and when she awoke, it was to an unimaginable reality: she was blind and permanently disfigured, with burns covering more than eighty percent of her body. Her recovery would include months of painful rehab, dozens of surgeries, and total dependence on family, friends, and strangers for physical and financial care. With so much taken away, no one could have anticipated what Tarleton would gain from her experience: an awakening. A purpose. Joy. By sharing her struggles and ultimate victory over catastrophic loss, Tarleton proves that life is a choice—and, in the process, offers a rare glimpse into the best and worst corners of the human heart.
A Note From the Publisher
Exec. Editor Katie Gutierrez, Interior Design: Sunny DiMartino
Exec. Editor Katie Gutierrez, Interior Design: Sunny DiMartino
Advance Praise
“CARMEN IS SO UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST, SO TRANSPARENT . . . Overcome:
Burned, Blinded, and Blessed is an opportunity to bask, for just for a
little while, in the rays of her exceptional spirit.” DAVID VOGEL,
PRESIDENT, BURN SURVIVORS OF NEW ENGLAND “Told with sincerity and grace,
Overcome powerfully illustrates the unlimited resilience of the human
spirit. Carmen's heart-thumping journey is at times harrowing, yet
always keenly illuminating. Overcome is a bracing triumph of the soul.”
“CARMEN IS SO UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST, SO TRANSPARENT . . . Overcome: Burned, Blinded, and Blessed is an opportunity to bask, for just for a little while, in the rays of her exceptional spirit.” DAVID...
Advance Praise
“CARMEN IS SO UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST, SO TRANSPARENT . . . Overcome:
Burned, Blinded, and Blessed is an opportunity to bask, for just for a
little while, in the rays of her exceptional spirit.” DAVID VOGEL,
PRESIDENT, BURN SURVIVORS OF NEW ENGLAND “Told with sincerity and grace,
Overcome powerfully illustrates the unlimited resilience of the human
spirit. Carmen's heart-thumping journey is at times harrowing, yet
always keenly illuminating. Overcome is a bracing triumph of the soul.”
Marketing Plan
Carmen will appear on The Doctors show in late April or early May 2013 to reveal her new face. She is expected to make numerous media appearances thereafter, orchestrated by both her publisher Round Table Companies and the Brigham and Woman's Hospital where her recent face transplant was performed. Reader's Digest is has approved a story on Carmen that is in the works for release later in 2013. Additional media will be announced and shared via Carmen's websitewww.overcomebook.com and her Facebook fan page at https://www.facebook.com/overcomebook.
Carmen will appear on The Doctors show in late April or early May 2013 to reveal her new face. She is expected to make numerous media appearances thereafter, orchestrated by both her publisher Round...
Marketing Plan
Carmen will appear on The Doctors show in late April or early May 2013 to reveal her new face. She is expected to make numerous media appearances thereafter, orchestrated by both her publisher Round Table Companies and the Brigham and Woman's Hospital where her recent face transplant was performed. Reader's Digest is has approved a story on Carmen that is in the works for release later in 2013. Additional media will be announced and shared via Carmen's websitewww.overcomebook.com and her Facebook fan page at https://www.facebook.com/overcomebook.
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781939418111 |
| PRICE |
$19.95 (USD)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781939418111 |
| PRICE |
$19.95 (USD)
|
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