ATLANTA, GA - What do you do when the person you were is no longer accessible to the person you are?
In Still Rambling Down Life’s Road... with a Brain Injury, author Kevin Pettit attempts to answer that impossible question. What begins as the diary of a physicist—a man used to logic and order—becomes a fragmented, often gut-wrenching account of what happens when that logic collapses under the weight of brain trauma.
The result is a memoir unlike any other: brutally honest, scathingly funny, deeply spiritual, and intellectually unflinching. Written in real-time, from hospital beds to therapy sessions, from anger to acceptance, Pettit invites readers inside the mind of a man whose identity was shattered—and who chose to rebuild it, one page at a time.
A Brain in Pieces, A Spirit Unbroken
Pettit was a husband, a father, and a college professor when a catastrophic car accident left him with a severe closed-head injury, multiple broken bones, and a coma score of 3, the lowest possible number for a living person. Told he might never speak, walk, or think clearly again, he fought back the only way he knew how: with clarity, confession, and a pen.
In pages both clinical and poetic, Still Rambling Down Life’s Road... explores:
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The surreal fog of early recovery — catheters, tracheostomies, and the hollowing weight of being “mentally disabled”
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The burden of survivor’s guilt and the philosophical demand for meaning after tragedy
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The rage at a reckless driver who changed everything—and the more complex journey toward forgiveness
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The fragile joy of walking without a cane, writing a sentence, remembering your son’s name
This isn’t a triumphant arc neatly tied with a bow. It’s something far more real—and more courageous. Pettit doesn’t sugarcoat the rage, confusion, or identity crisis that followed his injury. But he also doesn’t let it define him.
Why This Memoir Demands Attention
In a culture obsessed with resilience but uncomfortable with the mess of healing, Pettit’s memoir stands apart. His story gives voice to the millions of traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors and their caregivers, who often suffer invisibly. His blend of scientific insight, gallows humor, and spiritual searching provides a rare lens into a condition that alters every cell of who you are.
For anyone who has asked “Why me?” — and meant it — this book answers with startling intimacy: Because you’re still here. And the road is still unfolding.
Order Your Copy Today
Still Rambling Down Life’s Road... with a Brain Injury is now available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook formats on Amazon.
Learn more and order your copy: https://ramblingdownlifesroad.com/
Read it. Feel it. Share it. This is the memoir you hand to someone who’s lost their footing—and needs proof that it’s still possible to walk forward.
About the Author
Kevin Pettit is a physicist, writer, and traumatic brain injury survivor. Formerly a professor at Carleton College, he now writes with unfiltered honesty about the chaos, absurdity, and grace of rebuilding life from the inside out. Still Rambling Down Life’s Road... is his living testimony memoir written not after recovery, but during it.
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