Copyright © 2011 by Diane Ackerman
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Ackerman, Diane, 1948–
One hundred names for love : a stroke, a marriage, and the language of healing / Diane Ackerman.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-393-07241-9 (hardcover)
1. Ackerman, Diane, 1948—Health. 2. West, Paul, 1930—Health.
3. Cerebrovascular disease—Patients—Biography. I. Title.
RC388.5.A25 2011
616.8’10092—dc22
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