Strong at the broken places
Subtitle: lifting lives above illness
By: Richard M. Cohen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Harper
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780060763114
Subjects: Chronically ill -- United States -- Biography; People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: The remarkable story of five ordinary people trapped in the complex world of serious chronic illness. In this intimate portrait, journalist Cohen probes lives of sickness as these individuals struggle to cope. This book was born of the desire of many to share their stories in the hope that the sick and those who love them will see that they are not alone. Cohen spent three years chronicling the lives of five diverse "citizens of sickness" with ALS, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Crohn's disease, muscular dystrophy, and bipolar disorder. Though each individual's illness wreaks havoc in a different way, Cohen shows how their experiences are strikingly similar and offer lessons for us all--on self-determination, on courage in the face of adversity and public ignorance, on keeping hope alive, and on finding strength and peace under the most difficult of circumstances.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: The meeting; title: Denise Glass: fighting for control; title: Reflections: the way we choose to live; title: Buzz Bay: keeping the faith; title: Reflections: honoring our own separate peace; title: Ben Cumbo: facing down demons; title: Reflections: quality over quantity; title: Sarah Levin: seeking normalcy; title: Reflections: staying strong; title: Larry Fricks: slashing at stigma; title: Reflections: surviving stigma; title: Coming together.