Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Over sixty years ago Diana Wright was an abused Minnesota farm girl, oldest of five, the only bastard. The incessant work then, possibly the driving force behind her nine years of college, work as a heart valve engineer within Corporate America and the dream of something better. This memoir describes a conflicted middle-aged woman, founder and owner of a Medical Manufacturing company who is faced with her husband's devious attempt to take over her company; a backpacking trip meant for rest and resolution that resulted in debilitation--wheelchairs, drugs, and confusion; and emerging desire so forceful that it shattered her identity.
Synopsis
Just a tiny flap of pig tissue, but such an influence in Diana's life. She began by sewing the tissue into heart valves, moved on to engineering a new concept modifying the orifice of the valve, and finally founded a medical device manufacturing company. Her childhood on a farm, with its exposure to incessant hard work and the pain of childhood sexual abuse, instilled in her the strength and determination necessary to conquer a mystifying and debilitating illness, her husband's attempt to take over her company, and her desires so forceful they pose threats to her very identity. Join Diana as she strives to maintain her audacious grasp on life and learns that wallowing in the mud may be necessary for a time, but staying there is not allowed.
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Diana was raised on a Minnesota dairy farm, but it was a pig that started her career path. She went from sewing a tiny pig flap into a heart valve, to engineering a new concept modifying the orifice of the valve, to founding her own medical device company.
In Too Damb Dumb To Think, Diana shares intimate and relentless questions that plagued her as she faced the traumas of hostile corporate board meetings, an arduous backpacking journey in the Colorado Rockies, hospitalization, rehabilitation, and her identity quest. It's a trail of discovery. And as she strives to maintain her audacious grasp on life, she learns that wallowing in the mud may be necessary for a time, but staying there is not allowed.