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Just
Like Life, Only More So
and Other Stories of Illness
by
Dana Snyder-Grant
Living
with illness is about living with difference and accepting oneself in
the process. It's about living with vulnerability and being susceptible
to loss and hurt; it is
JUST LIKE LIFE, ONLY MORE SO.
To
purchase book now, click here
What
People Have Said
This
series of insightful essays is a powerful personal perspective on
living with the challenges of chronic illness. Walk this journey and
share the observations, reflections, wisdom, and wit that can enlighten
us all.
Linda Guiod, R.N.,
Vice-President, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Central New
England Chapter
These finely
crafted stories will delight any reader. Each piece reveals the
strength, self-reliance, and humility we can find in ourselves if we
open our eyes, and our hearts. This book is full of rich imagery and
profound insights; it will make a fine gift.
David Wann, coauthor, Affluenza:
The All-Consuming Epidemic; editor, Reinventing
Community
Copyright
© 2006. Available as a 164-page paperback for $13.95
(ISBN: 1591139732), or as a downloadable e-book for $6.00.
Read the introduction and a chapter's worth of essays here.
Where
To Buy
Chronic
Illness Resources
- National Multiple
Sclerosis Society
- MS information and support
- Coping Well: MS Wellness Program
- Monthly MS wellness program to call into from
around the US and Canada
- Rosalind
Joffe, CI-coach
- Coaching people with chronic illness to thrive in
the work place
- Life Challenges web site
- Personal narratives of chronic illness and other
life challenges
For anyone who has a chronic illness or knows
someone who does..
Just Like Life,
Only More So
and Other Stories of Illness
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Dana Snyder-Grant, LICSW,
is a writer, newspaper columnist, and psychotherapist specializing in
chronic illness and disability. She has had multiple sclerosis for
twenty-five years.
You can read more about Dana and her work at Dana's website
News and Readings:
- April 9 and April 23, 2008 Wednesdays
12 Noon - 1:30 PM Wright Tavern Center for Spiritual Renewal, First
Parish in Concord, MA,
Just Like Life: Stories of Illness
(afternoon class, two sessions)
- April 11, 2008 Friday
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM National Association of Social Workers,
Massachusetts Chapter, Symposium 2008 workshop, at the Newton Marriott,
Newton MA: "Chronic Illness: Just Like Life, Only
More So"
- May 7 and May 21, 2008 Wednesdays
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Wright Tavern Center for Spiritual Renewal, First
Parish in Concord, MA,
Just Like Life: Stories of Illness
(evening class, two sessions)
- June 5, 2008 Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Social Work Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston,
MA
"Just Like Life, Only More So: Reflections on Physical Illness and
Disability"
- Successful readings, talks and
workshops focused on the book have already been held in: Acton, Boston,
Brookline, Concord, Fitchburg, Great Barrington, North Reading,
Watertown, Tyngsboro and Worcester MA; Jackson, Nashua, Randolph and
Berlin NH; and Cumberland MD.
- Book
Review in InsideMS, the bi-monthly publication from
the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Book Review in FOCUS,
the monthly newspaper of the Massachusetts Chapter, National
Association of Social Workers.
- An article about Dana's
reading in Randolph NH.
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