Disarmed: An Exceptional Journey, by Ginger T. Manley
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Disarmed: An Exceptional Journey, by Ginger T. Manley
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When Ginger Manley boarded a train from Innsbruck to Zurich in the summer of 1967, she had no idea of the adventure she was about to embark upon. Beside the railroad track in Feldkirch, Austria, Ginger, a registered nurse on the lam from a year of intensive trauma nursing, met John, an ex-fighter pilot and service-related arm amputee--and immediately disliked him. Two months later they married in what seemed a fairy-tale story but no happily-ever-after occurred for many years hence. Now at almost fifty years into their marriage, Ginger offers a sometimes stark and often humorous look into a marriage of three entities--herself, John, and that damn artificial arm of his. It is a story of inspiration, courage, and love--and of the importance of humor in triumphing over obstacles.
Disarmed: An Exceptional Journey, by Ginger T. Manley- Amazon Sales Rank: #2170470 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .49" w x 5.51" l, .62 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 216 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Disarming, uplifting--you'll be hooked. By laytonwoman3rd A memoir of sorts, about life with a one-armed man and his "damned artificial arm". Although, it really should be his "damned artificial armory", since at any given time the author's husband has available several different hands and hooks modified for various functions . In 1967, Ginger Trundle, a slightly burned-out RN, was traveling through Europe on the cheap, trying her best to avoid Americans (particularly American men) when she encountered a spot of difficulty over a botched room reservation, and reluctantly accepted assistance from a young American tour director. He offered to lend her money for a decent hotel room, took her to dinner (at which she first realized one of his hands was prosthetic), and a two-week fling followed. Although she returned to the US, without telling him that she suspected she was pregnant, he contacted her again before long and announced that he couldn't imagine living without her, and after knowing each other for two months, they were married. His family thought he had won the lottery---an RN who could take care of him if his disability eventually required it, and a lovely girl at that; HER family thought she had lost her mind. The service-related accident that cost John Manley his left hand also involved a significant traumatic brain injury and loss of most of his left ear. As a second lieutenant in the Air Force, near the end of the training meant to prepare him for service in Viet Nam, John had somehow walked into the propeller of a single engine plane in which he had been giving a flying lesson. Decades later, when he heard the news story about a fashion model suffering a very similar accident, John got up from his breakfast table, went into his study and composed a letter to that young woman, encouraging her to believe that her life would go on, as his had, and that grace, dignity and even humor need not be lost to her. Much of this book is about the role humor has played in John Manley's life---both he and Ginger have an abundance of it, and as she says it not only has helped him to deal with what he no longer views as a "disability", but it is a great diffuser of tension and awkwardness when meeting "normies" who don't know what to say or where to look when confronted with an amputee. Ginger Manley is a sex therapist associated with the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; due to two knee replacements and bilateral hearing aids (John can only wear one) she now claims to be more "artificial" than her husband, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute who has had many jobs since being forced to abandon the Air Force career he had planned for, among them human resources director, labor negotiator, professional mediator and administrative law judge. John is also an avid golfer, fisherman, general risk-taker, and competitive as hell. In the interest of full disclosure I will point out that he is a distant cousin of mine, although I have not seen him in decades.There are some continuity issues with Disarmed, and overall it is more episodic than cohesive, but it's a satisfying and uplifting read.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An Exceptional Journey By Michael J. Tucker, Author The subtitle “An Exceptional Journey” for Ginger Manley’s, Disarmed, is indeed an accurate description of this remarkable memoir. It is a story of a fifty-year relationship with her husband, John Manley, a relationship with a doubtful beginning. It is an inspiring account of the couple’s fortitude in overcoming horrendous physical trauma, homelessness, and the overwhelming odds of keeping their marriage intact. The divorce rate in couples with a disability is ninety percent. This is the story of how the Manley’s beat those odds.It’s 1965 and the world is John Manley’s oyster. A standout high school athlete, graduate of Virginia Military Institute, an Air Force Second Lieutenant flying jet planes and driving a fancy sports car, John had the best that life could offer before him. But it all changed on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in Georgia on September 18, 1965 when he walked into an airplane’s rotating propeller. His injuries were significant and his survival in doubt, but survive he did.Two years later, while touring Europe, Ms. Manley meets her future husband, whom she describes as “an annoying American man.” While John may have lost an arm he apparently never lost his confidence. Within two months of meeting on a train in Switzerland they were married in East Tennessee.Ms. Manley truly establishes that the phrase “love is blind” is not just a cliché, when she writes, “…I had never really noticed the angry red scar running the length of the side of his head, nor the fact that he could only lift the right side of his mouth when he smiled, or that his left eye drooped, nor had I really paid any attention to his not having a full left ear. I did not see any of these distinctive marks until I saw them in our wedding pictures.”As with many young couples reality set in all too soon after a storybook romance. Dreams change and life can become a struggle as we try to find our place in the world, and this was no different, and even more challenging, for the Manley’s. Without sentimentality Ms. Manley tells of the extended hardship of relocation, unemployment, and homelessness. In 1977, ten years after their whirlwind romance and marriage, John Manley earns a Masters in Business Administration degree and steps into a new and successful career path.Making frequent appearances throughout this book, like a faithful dog, is a third character: John’s artificial hand. Or perhaps more accurately, his hands, for there are many. There is the flesh-toned five-fingered myoelectric hand, and two types of the two-pronged metal hook, and then there are the variations of the hook prosthesis for golf, skiing, tennis, for eating lobster and crab legs, for barbecuing and for heavy-duty lifting. One might image that reading about John’s life with these prosthesis would be a grim telling, but it’s not. Ms. Manley skillfully peppers her book with humorous antidotes of the adventures of Ginger, John, and The Hand.In fact the message of the book is that a sense of humor can give you the right attitude to overcome any obstacle.The life’s lessons in Disarmed are of value to anyone, but especially to families of amputees. Today our country is in a war that seems to have no end. Daily our young men are returning with catastrophe injuries. Medical miracles are giving them a form of physical recovery, but they need more. The life the Manley’s have lived is more that surviving, more that enduring; it is a life that thrived on adversity. In spite of terrible trauma, John Manley found marriage to a beautiful and successful woman, maintained his pilot’s license, hunted, fished, skied, played tennis, earned an MBA, and at age 45, graduated from law school.Disarmed is an inspiring story of courage, victory, success, and love.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Frustrations, Humor, Strength From Thje Artificial Arm! By Janice H. Collett Manley tackles, once again, a topic most avoid as she writes about her husband John's artificial arm. She covers all aspects of artificial limbs. For example, I had no idea there are people with fetishes around artificial limbs!. She covers it all and it's fascinating. I appreciated her candid notes of their personal life as they navigate all aspects of married life with the arm. We feel John's frustration as he tries newly designed arms, as the arm, unexpectedly, crushes the wine glass. We laugh when the best laid plans fall apart and the two of them dissolve in laughter. John's sense of humor, his pranks on unsuspecting folks add levity to a situation that would overwhelm most people. Manley clearly paints a picture of her husband as a man determined to use this disability to his advantage rather than allowing it to conquer. We ride along as she and John face frustrating technical design problems with the arm and we witness her husband's wonderful determination to rise above pity. A book anyone would enjoy, but I suspect anyone dealing with a disability would profit from reading. These two are experts!
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