Strong at the Broken Places, Richard M. Cohen
Strong at the Broken Places, Richard M. Cohen
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Strong at the Broken Places
Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope

Author: Richard M. Cohen

Narrator: Mel Foster

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/04/2008


Synopsis

In an extension of his New York Times bestselling book Blindsided, author Richard M. Cohen depicts one year in the lives of five individuals who are living with serious chronic illness and of their families. These "citizens of sickness," as Cohen calls them, were selected for the diversity of their ages, races, socioeconomic positions, illness types, stages of wellness, and gender. Cohen profiles:

—Denise, a woman with ALS, from suburban Los Angeles, California

—Buzz, a man with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, from Franklin, Indiana

—Sarah, a twenty-seven-year-old woman with Crohn's disease, from Cleveland, Ohio

—Ben, an eighteen-year-old freshman at Saint Mary's College of Maryland, with muscular dystrophy

—Larry, a man with bipolar disease, from Cleveland, Georgia

Intimately involved with every aspect of their lives, Cohen formed intense relationships with his subjects, interviewing their families and friends, shadowing them on the job, accompanying them to doctor's visits, and being available and present for the important moments of daily triumphs and setbacks. Though each individual's illness wreaks havoc in a different way, there is much common ground to be found in the emotional impact of chronic illness and the need to rise above the disease. Listeners will be carried into the hearts and minds of those who cope with sickness daily and will learn about self-determination, courage in the face of adversity and ignorance, keeping hope alive, and finding strength and peace.

About Richard M. Cohen

Richard M. Cohen is a former senior producer for CBS News and CNN, a three-time Emmy Award winner, and the recipient of numerous honors in journalism. In his acclaimed memoir, Blindsided, he chronicles his life with multiple sclerosis as well as two bouts with colon cancer. He is a contributor to the Health and Fitness section of the New York Times and lives with his family outside New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on February 09, 2018

Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope is an intimate look at living with chronic illness. Author Richard M. Cohen, who himself has multiple sclerosis, works with five participants who have various chronic illnesses to capture their stories and help others understand the ov......more

Goodreads review by Margie on August 08, 2012

The book chronicles the lives of Five citizens living with various disabilities and although each wreaks havoc on them in different ways, they share similarities in courage, self determination and public ignorance. Each story tells of the person finding hope and strength under the most difficult of......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on October 17, 2017

I enjoyed this, but for some reason, throughout each one of the five separate profiles in this book, the author doesn’t use any contractions when writing the dialogue. This was fairly jarring, since no one truly talks like that in their everyday lives. I’m not sure why he made that choice but I thin......more