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    I'll Be OK, It's Just A Hole In My Head: A Memoir On Heartbeak And Head Trauma
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    I'll Be OK, It's Just A Hole In My Head: A Memoir On Heartbeak And Head Trauma

    By Mimi Hayes

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    I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head: A Memoir on Heartbreak and Head Trauma
    is a humorous and thoughtful cross between Jill Bolte Taylor's My Stroke of Insight
    and Jenny Lawson's Furiously Happy. Shocking and funny,
    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.
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnimal Media Group, LLC
    Release dateNov 16, 2018
    ISBN9781947895133
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    I'll Be OK, It's Just A Hole In My Head: A Memoir On Heartbeak And Head Trauma
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    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, available now on all podcast streaming devices. You can cyberstalk her at mimihayes.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram (@mimihayesbrain), or send her a carrier pigeon.

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