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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 for our order form
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 $10 plus shipping direct from the author, or $13.95 from booksellers.
ISBN: 1591139732.
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 26, 2009 Sunday 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Kerem Shalom Adult Program, Concord MA,
Presentation and Reading:
Just Like Life, Only More So and Other Stories of Illness and Disability
- May 20, 2009 Wednesday 7:30 - 9:00 PM Massachusetts Association for the Chemically Injured (MACI) Fernald School, Waltham, MA:
Just Like Life, Only More So: Stories and Reflections on Physical Illness and Disability
- June 3 and June 10, 2009 Wednesday 2:00 - 3:30 PM The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden, Harvard, MA:
Healing Stories for Life (two session workshop)
- June 26, 2009 Friday 10:00 am - 12:30 PM Boston College Graduate School of Social Work Continuing Education, Chestnut Hill, MA:
Chronic Illness: Just Like Life, Only More So
- Successful readings, talks and
workshops focused on the book have already been held in: Acton, Boston,
Brookline, Concord, Fitchburg, Great Barrington, Newton, 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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