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  AP Exclusive: New book offers personal look at Gabrielle Giffords' slow, agonizing recovery
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Last EditedHomegrown Democrat  Nov 04, 2011 11:57pm
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AuthorAMANDA LEE MYERS and MICHELLE PRICE
News DateSaturday, November 5, 2011 04:50:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionPHOENIX (AP) -- When President George H.W. Bush came to visit her in the hospital, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords could say only "Wow!" and another word she had been uttering frequently at the time, "chicken."

Months later, when she was shown photos of famous people to see if she recognized faces, Giffords looked at Arnold Schwarzenegger and replied, more or less accurately: "Messin' around. Babies."

These and other details emerge in a new book written by Giffords and her husband that offers the most personal look yet at her slow, agonizing recovery after being shot in the head at point-blank range.

The memoir, titled "Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope," describes Giffords' efforts over the past 10 months to relearn how to walk and talk, and her painful discovery that six people were killed in the Jan. 8 attack outside a Tucson grocery store.
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