After 25 years of car­ing for chil­dren as a nurse and a pedi­a­tri­cian, Car­olyn Roy-Born­stein finds her­self on the oth­er side of the stretch­er when her 17-year-old son is hit by a drunk dri­ver. The world she used to nav­i­gate in a white coat must now be dealt with from the per­spec­tive of par­ent. As her son recov­ers, Roy-Born­stein forges a new life as an expert in trau­mat­ic brain injury, pub­lish­ing on the sub­ject and speak­ing to civic groups, stu­dents, and pro­fes­sion­al orga­ni­za­tions about her fam­i­ly’s expe­ri­ence. Her roles as moth­er, physi­cian, and writer have merged into a life of pur­pose, pas­sion, and prose. ​“For any­one who has gone through their own in-an-instant moment when life is recon­fig­ured in sec­onds, Crash so beau­ti­ful­ly artic­u­lates the pain, strug­gle and long road to recov­ery and accep­tance in the after­math of injury and loss. Roy-Born­stein reminds us, with heart-break­ing prose, that life is a jour­ney and a moth­er’s heart is a pow­er­ful weapon.” — Lee Woodruff, author of Per­fect­ly Imper­fect and co-author with Bob Woodruff of In an Instant