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Publication
New York : Riverhead Books, 1996.
Description
In a special tenth-anniversary edition of the inspirational best seller, the founder of Commonweal discusses the problem of isolation and disconnection in American society and sets forth her vision of how life should be lived, drawing on her work as a psycho-oncologist and her own experience with a life-threatening disease.--Publisher description.
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LibraryThing member dianemb
A collection of healing stories with a nugget of wisdom in each one.
LibraryThing member nancypeske
An M.D. and counselor who has had to deal with her own chronic illness writes of the humanity that rises to the top when people bravely faces their fears of death, and discover their love of life. So moving and uplifting, this is a book I've gifted to a half dozen people.
LibraryThing member Alirambles
I read this book several years ago and it's one of the most uplifting books I've ever read. It's a collection of stories about healing, pulled from Dr. Remen's years of working with terminally ill patients and their families and her experiences with Crohn's disease. I wasn't dealing with any kind
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Physical description
xxx, 336 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
9781573220422