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The Man Who Couldn't Eat
The Man Who Couldn't Eat
Author: Jon Reiner
A personal journey with Crohn?s disease: months of excruciating treatment and the enduring effect it has on the author?s emotional state and relationship with food?as well as on his wife, children, and friends.Food is not just sustenance. It is memories, a lobster roll on the beach in Maine; heritage, hot pastrami club with a half-sour pickle; g...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781439192474
ISBN-10: 1439192472
Publication Date: 6/5/2012
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Gallery Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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kdurham2813 avatar reviewed The Man Who Couldn't Eat on + 753 more book reviews
What an interesting read. After reading the book, I am still asking myself questions. How often does my day center around food? How many times a week do I schedule visits with friends and family where food is the main decision?

The reader meets Jon Reiner, a husband and father of two young boys who has been battling Crohn's disease for more than 20 years. With Crohn's disease being an illness that does not have a cure, but with changing a lifestyle you can live with the disease, I would still call it a terminal illness. As we meet him, he has been struck down by the disease and is fighting for his life. I appreciated where he started this book, so right from the start you are in the heart of his story and are enveloped into his world.

The part of the story that struck me the most was seeing the impact that his disease and health have and had on both his wife and two boys. Sometimes I don't think we realize that our status can absolutely affect those around us both in positive and negative ways.

A book that takes you behind the scenes of a family that as a whole must overcome this disease and learn to live a life without food as a center.


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