Stroke Recovery Association of Calgary

Brain Attack - The Journey Back

By Liz Pearl (KOPE Associates)

 Forword by Dr. Michael Hill

A unique collection of creative writing about Stroke Recovery

Life After Stroke

By Dr. Beth Frates (John Hopkins University Press)

Basic knowledge about stroke that a layperson can understand.

A Change of Plans: Women's Stories of Hemorrhagic Stroke

By Sharon Dale Stone

Twelve stories by women and their changed plans

The Man Who Forgot How to Read

By Howard Engel

A memoir by the bestselling crime novelist

The Invaluable Guide to Life After Stroke: An Owner's Manual

By Arthur Joseph

Stroke: A Long, Challenging Journey

By Peter Frost

The true story of a Canadian stroke survivor

Slow Dance: A Story of Stroke, Love and Disability

By Bonnie Sherr Klein

An inspirational book on the road to recovery

Cure

Edited by: Kristen Couse

Stories of healing the mind and body

My Year Off

By Robert McCrum

Rediscovering life after a stroke

On Family, Hockey & Healing

By Walter Gretzky

The "Great One's" father describes his experiences

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

By: Jean-Dominique Bauby

From the Editor in Chief of Elle magazine and his condition of LIS, or "locked-in-symdrome"

Return to Ithaca:  A Woman's Triump over the Disabilities of a Severe Stroke

By:Barbara Newborn (1997)

An inspirational book filled with insight

How to Conquer the World with One Hand...and an Attitude

 By Paul E. Berger and Stephanie Mensh (1999)

An informative and uplifiting book

 A Stroke of Luck

By: Dr. Howard Rocket (1997)

Life, crisis and the rebirth of a stroke survivor

Stroke Survivors

By: William H. Berquist (1994)

Written from several viewpoints about caregiving and recovery

 Stronger After Stroke

By Peter G. Levine

After Stroke

By: David Hinds(2000)

A motivating read

My Stroke of Luck

By: Kirk Douglas

Coming to terms with a stroke

Striking Back at Stroke: A Doctor-Patient Journal

By: Louis R. Caplan M.D.

An unusual book combining the patients perspective and the doctors medical explanation

Your Mother Has Suffered a Slight Stroke

By: Kathleen Bosworth

A well written book about getting through medical trauma

By His Side: Life and Love After Stroke

By: Eileen Steets Quann

A moving and uplifting story about the change in the relationship between a couple

Talking About Aphasia: Living with Loss of Language After Stroke

By: Susie Parr (1997)

An insight into the challenges of those with aphasia

A Stroke of Genius: Messages of Hope and Healing from a Thriving Stroke Survivor

By: Sandy Simon (2001)

A dynamic book that takes you into the mind of the victim

Stroke changes your life - it doesn't end it.