Crooked Smile by Lainie Cohen

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Bloorview Kids Rehab Foundation

Lash & Associates Publishing

Ontario Brain Injury Association

Brain Injury Awareness Month

Toronto Acquired Brain Injury Network

Claudia L. Osborn

by Lainie Cohen

A mother struggles to keep her family together after her eldest son suffers a brain injury in a car crash. A moving and inspiring memoir written with emotional honesty, filled with hope and celebration for life's small successes.

		Lainie Cohen has been published in the Globe and Mail, The Canadian Jewish News, and Parchment. She lives in Toronto. All author proceeds from the sale of the book go to the Bloorview Kids Rehab Foundation. New! Read Chapter 1 of Crooked Smile The author welcomes any comments or feedback. *Crooked Smile* is published by ECW Press. *ISBN 1-55022-573-1*

Breaking News! BrainLine, funded by the United States Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, has reprinted excerpts from Crooked Smile on its website, and has posted an inspiring video of Daniel Cohen skiing like a pro!
IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS! Full Schedule of Speaking Engagements

Tuesday Sept. 15, 2009	Map	The Faculty of Health Professions at Dalhousie University is pleased to present an Interprofessional Education Event featuring Lainie and Daniel Cohen who will share their personal perspective on the importance of interprofessional collaboration for quality patient and family-centred care. Rebecca Cohn Theatre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Thursday Oct. 22, 2009	Map	Lainie Cohen will lead an interactive workshop for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy students on a family’s perspective of acquired brain injury (ABI) at McMaster University.