The Coma Monologues

By Mario Milosevic
Published by Green Snake Publishing
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Published: Nov. 11, 2011
Words: 71,123 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465990679

Short description

Gary Hawken is in a coma with little hope of recovery. His wife, Melody, gathers voices from his past, hoping their stories will heal him. Things get weird as dead heroes, mythical beasts, and even buildings begin talking to Gary, but none resurrect him. Despairing for Gary’s survival, Melody deploys one last desperate strategy, hoping new life will bring him back from his vegetative state.

Extended description

Gary Hawken—husband, father, civil engineer, and accomplished nerd—enjoys a good life with his family in suburban Toronto. Then a crow distracts him at a traffic signal and a truck slams into his car, knocking him into a coma. Doctors doubt he will ever regain consciousness, but Gary’s wife, Melody—English professor and determined mate—undertakes his resurrection by saturating his brain with the voices of storytellers from his past. Old friends, family members, half-forgotten teachers, mythical creatures, dead heroes, and even a few fictional characters stop by Gary’s bedside to tell the tales that will tantalize him out of his vegetative state back to the world. Is the universe made of stories? Melody believes we’re all nothing but stories and she stakes her husband’s life on that ancient promise.
Mario Milosevic is the author of Ani­mal Life, The Last Giant, Kyle’s War, and Terrastina and Mazolli: a Novel in 99-word Episodes. He lives in the Pacific Northwest wi.. (Read more) Gary Hawken—husband, father, civil engineer, and accomplished nerd—enjoys a good life with his family in suburban Toronto. Then a crow distracts him at a traffic signal and a truck slams into his car, knocking him into a coma. Doctors doubt he will ever regain consciousness, but Gary’s wife, Melody—English professor and determined mate—undertakes his resurrection by saturating his brain with the voices of storytellers from his past. Old friends, family members, half-forgotten teachers, mythical creatures, dead heroes, and even a few fictional characters stop by Gary’s bedside to tell the tales that will tantalize him out of his vegetative state back to the world. Is the universe made of stories? Melody believes we’re all nothing but stories and she stakes her husband’s life on that ancient promise.
Mario Milosevic is the author of Ani­mal Life, The Last Giant, Kyle’s War, and Terrastina and Mazolli: a Novel in 99-word Episodes. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, fellow writer Kim Antieau.
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loss, death, family, faith, stories, memory, toronto, mythical creatures, mother nature, storytelling, coma, monologues, old friends, spouses, injuries, centaur, isaac asimov, mario milosevic, scheherazade, traffic accidents, vegetative state, vanishing twin, green snake publishing

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