I'll Be OK, It's Just A Hole In My Head

Name: I'll Be OK, It's Just A Hole In My Head
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Mimi Hayes
ISBN: 9781977342324

Author: Mimi Hayes

Narrator: Hayden Bishop

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/30/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Women, Memoirs

Synopsis

Mimi Hayes is a New York-based comedian and the author of the memoir I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head. A former high school teacher and brain injury survivor, Hayes wrote her first humorous memoir while recovering from a traumatic head injury at the age of twenty-two. Her honest take on trauma and love followed her to the stage as a stand–up comedian, where she has performed on stages such as Denver Comedy Works, Broadway Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, Dangerfield's, and The Upright Citizen's Brigade. She was highlighted by Mogul as a "New York City Comedian To Look Out For in 2018."

About Mimi Hayes

Mimi Hayes is a New York-based comedian and author of the memoir I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head. A former high school teacher and brain injury survivor, Hayes wrote her first humorous memoir while recovering from a traumatic head injury at the age of twenty-two. Her honest take on trauma and love followed her to the stage as a stand-up comedian where she has performed on stages such as Denver Comedy Works, Broadway Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, Dangerfield's, and The Upright Citizen's Brigade. She was recently highlighted by Mogul as a "New York City Comedian To Look Out For in 2018" and is currently writing a Ted Talk as well as several other memoirs and novels. Catch her newest podcast "Mimi and The Brain," a comedic neuroscience podcast.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara on August 14, 2018

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 3.5 stars rounded up. ‘I’ll be OK...’ are the memoirs of Mimi Hayes, focusing on the initial diagnosis and her subsequent recovery after a brain haemorrhage caused by a cavernous hemangioma (which she calls an angioma). It covers the d......more

Goodreads review by Tucker on May 24, 2020

*3.5 Stars I'll be ok, It's just a whole in my head is a story of a young woman's trials and journey through brain damage and what comes after. This story was touching and heartbreaking. I felt Mimi's fear, sadness and frustration as if I were there. She has such a humor that is hard to come by I tim......more

Goodreads review by Literary on July 03, 2019

I’LL BE OK, IT’S JUST A HOLE IN MY HEAD is the riveting and often very funny memoir of Mimi Hayes, who had a‪ ‬sudden brain hemorrhag‪e at the age of 22. She recounts with a comic’s ‬touch the arduous and often heartbreaking effort to recover, and has incorporated parts of her story on stage as a ‪s......more

Goodreads review by Amna on November 20, 2018

Thank you to NetGalley and Animal Media Group for a digital advanced readers copy of this book. Partial Goodreads Synopsis: Hayes’ memoir shares the true story of a sudden brain hemorrhage at the age of twenty-two – and the heartache and strength that it took to overcome it. At first Hayes uses a bla......more

Goodreads review by J on January 11, 2019

Crowd reviews are interesting because people have different criteria for how many stars they give a book. I suppose when I don't know anything about the book I'm looking at, or when I've heard TOO much about it, I'm just like everyone else and look for the most "objective" evaluation. But where does......more