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Thursday, December 2, 2010

A Book You Should Read

In my last post, I alluded to the struggle we all at one time or another have faced when dealing with a doctor, or someone else in the medical world.  Incidentally, one thing I really enjoy about blogging is the comments section, where we all get to have a lot of laughs and some really good discussions.  So, in the comments section of the aforementioned post, after talking with y'all, it suddenly occurred to me that I had read a book in the past year that is such a wonderful story of a mother's struggling against all odds, and specifically, against the medical world, when her young son suddenly seemed to exibit symptoms of a debilitating form of Obsessive Compulisve Disorder. 

Saving Sammy - Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD is a book I could literally not put down.  It was riveting, heart wrenching, and had me on the edge of my seat wondering if this poor boy would ever get better.  In fact, the book made such a huge impression on me that I emailed the author, Beth Maloney, and she even emailed me back.  I now receive the updates she sends out to everyone who has emailed her.  Can you imagine--an author actually emailing you back?!? 

Please check out the link above, to get a small synopsis of the book, and to learn more about Beth, and her ongoing battle to bring awareness about "PANDAS"

The book is highly readable, and whether you're a parent or not--you won't forget it. 


Now, go to your bookstore or library and get that book!  After you read it, please let me know if it made the same impression on you as it did me. 

16 comments:

  1. Do you think a library would carry it?

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  2. you can go online and look up your local library inventory, you can even reserve or renew books , it might save you a trip pink.

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  3. oh yes, that's where I got my copy when I read it--the library. If your branch doesn't have it, surely they can ship it in if you put it on reserve.

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  4. Alternatively, you can read Karen's book, 'Motivation Afloat in The Sea of Cynicism' (working title), soon to be published...we all hope!

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  5. Yes, it's a good read. Same thing here.. Could NOT put it down. I think it breezed though it in 48 hours.

    Hey Karen! Seeing how we like books so much, wouldn't it be fun to have an online "book club?" Or would that be too nerdish. hehe

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  6. Oh my god, Matt. I love you. That made me GUFFAW out loud--and you can't even imagine how ugly that was, all choked and wheezing and whatnot with this unending cough I have now...karen ponders again if she's "on her way out..."

    Thanks, that was awesome.

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  7. Aim, NO IT WOULD NOt, because thanks to the lovely Paula, I'm not freaking obsessed with Scottish highlanders who TAKE WHAT THEY WANT (seriously, put "outlander" on reserve RIGHT NOW)

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  8. :) ;) Hope you are feeling better soon...

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  9. Matt's comment was one you should frame....jeez that was funny.

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  10. i recommend that book to everyone, i love the characters,hope they make a movie version of outlanders. yes matt is funny and witty and smart and very cute..now if i could only get him to wear a kilt...oh yeah karen check out the highlander and the fever series by karen marie moning they are gooood!

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  11. Yes, Paula is spreading her addiction to all books in the theme of, "Love In The Time of Scurvy" (Simpsons joke, not mine!)Pass it on...

    PS Thanks for the compliments! If they ever publish a book composed entirely of a few sentence-fragment quips, sign me up!

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  12. Looks like a good book. I love to read.

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  13. BTW, I see that you're from Ontario. I am too. I live near Toronto.

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  14. I lived near Toronto for a while too, Marnie (9 yrs), and am thankful to be near the border again, and out of the GTA.

    I don't read a whole lot of non-fiction, because I'm a wimp, but this book was very compelling.

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  15. I have realized a better title, Karen: "Motivation ADRIFT in The Sea of Cynicism". It has a better ring, no?

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  16. It's fantastic. It's like you've just given me a Christmas present, Matt.

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