Book Review: ‘Blue Water, White Water’
“It’s a mild, overcast December morning. It is not a good day to die or to do anything else in particular. It’s a real nothing day,” Robert Samuels recalls about the morning, early in December 1981, which changed his life’s course forever.
In “Blue Water, White Water”, Samuels recounts his dramatic experience of agonizing illness and painstakingly slow recovery when he’s stricken with a severe case of Guillain Barre syndrome. Left only with the ability to move his eyes left and right, Samuels spends over a year completely dependent on nursing and medical care. Although his total paralysis leaves him bereft of any independence, his sharply intact mind must deal with the pain, frustration, and fear that accompanies such a loss of health and ability.
