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Carole J. Starr

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To Root & To Rise: Accepting Brain Injury

About the Author:

About the Author:

About the Author:

Carole Starr’s life changed forever in 1999, when she sustained a brain injury in a car accident.  She was unable to continue her life as a teacher and amateur musician.  It took Carole many years to accept her brain injury and the new person she became.  She’s reinvented herself by focusing on what she can do.


Carole is now an inspiring national keynote speaker and the author of two books--To Root & To Rise: Accepting Brain Injury and Silver Learnings: Practical Wisdom for Living with Brain Injury.  


Carole is also a leader in both the Maine and national brain injury communities.  She facilitates the WINGS Brain Injury Support Group, mentors new support group leaders and serves on the BIAA-Maine Chapter Advisory Board.  She founded and facilitated the nationally recognized Maine survivor group Brain Injury Voices.  


Nationally, Carole is the co-creator and co-facilitator of the Get on Board program for brain injury survivors and co-chair of the Brain Injury Advisory Council of the Brain Injury Association of America.  She also co-lead the TBI Advisory and Leadership Group and served as a faculty member for the Person-Centered Brain Injury Learning Collaborative.

About the Book:

About the Author:

About the Author:

Accepting a changed new life is one of the greatest challenges brain injury survivors face. It’s also one of the most important.  Coming to terms with brain injury can mean the difference between a mournful life spent looking backward and a meaningful life spent moving forward. 


This brain injury book offers hope for those struggling with an unexpected new life. Accepting brain injury may not be easy, but it is possible. Long-term brain injury survivor Carole Starr offers gentle encouragement, hard-won wisdom and numerous strategies that survivors, caregivers and professionals can use. 


To Root & To Rise is more than a book; it’s also a workbook. The questions in each chapter allow readers to take Carole’s strategies and apply them to their own experience. These questions can be answered on one’s own, with family members, with rehabilitation professionals, or with a brain injury support group. This book is a powerful resource you’ll refer to again and again.

Ways to Purchase:

About the Author:

Ways to Purchase:

Print Book

  • Amazon
  • Lash & Associates Publishing
  • Signed copies can be purchased below


Ebook

  • Amazon


Audiobook

  • Amazon
  • Apple Books
  • Audible



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Read an Excerpt from To Root & To Rise

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To Root and To Rise Excerpt (pdf)Download

Listen to an Audio Sample from To Root & To Rise

Segments from the Preface, Introduction and Chapter 1.  Narrated by Stefanie Kay

Signed Copy of To Root & To Rise

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$19.00
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Signed Copies of Root & Rise and Silver Learnings

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$35.00
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Bulk Order Form

Discount pricing available for multiple copies. Click below for more information and order form. 

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Book Review in TBI Today

Book Launch Celebration Video

Carole officially launched To Root & To Rise:  Accepting Brain Injury on July 11th, 2017.  During her speech at the launch, she shared the story behind the book's title and theme, read excerpts from three chapters and answered questions from the audience. 

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