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Search - Tales from the Bed : A Memoir
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Members who requested this book also requested:Jenifer Estess is a beautiful, successful, thirtysomething New Yorker with dreams of starting her own family when she is diagnosed with ALS, a fatal disease. Doctors tell her to max out her credit cards and prepare to die. That is precisely when Jenifer starts to live -- dreaming deeper, working harder, and loving endlessly. A girlhood pact with her sisters Valerie and Meredith -- nothing will ever break us apart -- inspires Jenifer as she faces down her most vicious enemy.
Beautifully written and wholly inspiring, Jenifer's memoir forces us to reconsider society's notion of "having it all," and illustrates, more than anything, the power of memory, work, and, most of all, love.
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Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Professionals & Academics >> Medical
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Women
- Health, Mind & Body >> Disorders & Diseases >> Nervous System
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3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book touched me in so many ways. I lost a loved one less than a year ago to ALS, and finally got the courage to read this book. It was so uplifting and hopefully - something that I find is never lacking in ALS patients. They are a very brave bunch... I really enjoyed that this book focused more on what she did after her diagnosis than on the day to day ailments of ALS, which would have made for a depressing read. I would recommend that anyone with a terminal illness (or anyone that has a loved one with a terminal illness) read this... It is so very inspiring and shows that we can still have strength in trying times.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a book that I could not put down. To me it is an act of bravery. Despite this woman's illness she didn't sit and have pity on herself. Instead she did the opposite by trying to help others with the same illness to find a cure. It is a fantastic book.
Sue R. from WOODBURY, MN wrote on 2/10/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A touching story with the forward done by Katie Couric. She was a friend of the author and it is her stroy of dealing with ALS. Very well done and informative.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very well written and truly poignant. The story about not giving up when everything is against you. Highly recommended.
Joanne A. from SCHNECKSVILLE, PA wrote on 8/11/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was excellent! It's about a young woman just diagnosed with ALS and how her life changed dramatically. While it was sad, I also thought it was encouraging to read about how brave she was. Definitely worth reading!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very touching and exremely moving I wept at the end----An unbeleivable account of ALS
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A sobering look at the life of a vital person struck down by ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. I pray that a cure will be found for this awful disease.
touching and sad but uplifting memoir
Connie M. from OWOSSO, MI wrote on 3/3/2007...Forward is by Katie Couric. True story about sisters and one has an illness that eventually takes her life. I'm pretty simple and I liked th story!
PAM L. (Excellent memoir from a very brave woman suffering from ALS....touching and sad.
A WONDERFUL book... Here's something from the back cover:
Jenifer Estess is a beautiful, successful, thirtysomething New Yorker with dreams of starting her own family when she is diagnosed with ALS, a fatal disease. Doctors tell her to max out her credit cards and prepare to die. That is precisely when Jenifer starts to live - dreaming deeper, working harder, loving endlessly. A girlhood pact with her sisters Valerie and Meredith - nothing will ever break us apart - inspired Jenifer as she faces down her most vicious enemy.
This is a true story, by Jenifer Estess, as told to Valerie Estess with a foreward by Katie Couric.
Elaine B. from STAMFORD, CT wrote on 7/15/2006...Wonderful, heart rending story.
An extremely engaging and moving biography. This book is a quick read.
Colleen H. (This book is about Jennifer Estess, who was diagnosed with ALS in her 30s. The book will inspire you, make you cry and make you laugh.