4 comments about Twin Voices: A Memoir of Polio, the Forgotten Killer.

1. For those of us born after the 1950s, we cannot imagine the terror that gripped families every summer as polio swept through their communities, killing and crippling hundreds and thousands of people, particularly children. For six-year-old Janice Flood, polio became an integral part of her family history. In 1953, her twin brother Frankie died of polio, and Jan was left temporarily crippled by the disease. Although she was fortunate to regain full movement after intensive therapy, she nearly lost her son during his birth due to her physical deformities brought on by polio, and Janice suffers today from many symptoms of post-polio syndrome. Worst of all, though, she will always mourn the loss of a twin brother who never reached his full potential. From the age of six, she would always be a "twinless twin."
   
   Thanks to the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, polio was nearly eradicated in most industrialized countries, but the disease continues to cripple and kill people in many third world countries where vaccines are scarce. Having experienced firsthand the devastation that can be inflicted by polio, Janice Flood Nichols knew she had to tell her story and push for further efforts to vaccinate all of the world's children.
   
   Written through several "voices," including that of Janice, family members and friends, the doctor who cared for Janice and Frankie when they had polio, and even Frankie himself, "Twin Voices" is a fascinating read about the polio epidemic that swept the country, the frantic efforts to put a halt to its devastation, and the tragedy that befell the Flood family. This book brings home the fact that Frankie was a real little boy filled with a passion for life and all the joys that children experience. His family was, at first, shell-shocked following his death, but his twin sister Janice ultimately grew to find purpose in his passing through her work as a rehabilitation counselor for the physically disabled and her continued efforts to make sure that polio does not tragically alter the lives of more families like hers. It is also a haunting look at the "twin bond" that continues to connect Janice and her brother many years after their separation.



2. Reviewed by April Sullivan for Reader Views (1/08)
   
   "Twin Voices" is a memoir by Janice Flood Nichols about a specific life-changing event. In the fall of 1953, at the age of six, she lost her twin brother to polio. Janice contracted polio as well. She survived and overcame temporary paralysis. She went on to become a rehabilitation counselor. While her experiences as a youth shaped her adult life, she never thought that fifty years later she would be writing about the experience.
   
   Most people alive today have some memory of, or have at least heard of polio. Yet, to the surprise of everyone who has not kept up with polio research, including Janice Flood Nichols, polio is still an epidemic in Third World Countries. Although vaccines are available and worldwide eradication is possible, funding and education are needed to make this a reality. Knowing first-hand the devastation of polio, Janice was compelled to tell her story in an effort to educate and do her part to eradicate this deadly disease.
   
   "Twin Voices" is structured in a unique way. Janice invited professionals, friends, and family members to lend their voices to the story. Each chapter is by one of many characters, including those who are no longer alive, such as her twin Frankie and her parents. Other characters include the doctor who signed Frankie's death certificate, childhood friends, aunts, and cousins. Not only do the voices tell the personal side of the story, they also tell the history and facts about polio. The combination forms a nicely balanced book.
   
   I applaud Janice for writing this book. It was obviously not easy. But she was able to bring a perspective to the subject that not many people can. Janice knows polio as both a victim and a survivor. When Frankie died, a part of Janice died. Yet, on the other hand, when Janice survived, a part of Frankie survived, and this book is tangible evidence of that. "Twin Voices" is about so much more than polio. It is about the unique quality of twindom that Janice writes about so eloquently. Being a twin myself, that is the part about this book that intrigued me. Being educated about polio was an added bonus.
   
   I recommend "Twin Voices" to anyone who wants to read a well-researched book and touching personal look at the polio epidemic.



3. The book was recommended to me by a mutual friend of the author. Her information is extensive and enlightening to a polio survivor (my husband). I didn't care for the format, where she used the "voice" of her deceased twin to tell his story from heaven. It was too cute, especially because he wouldn't be that articulate at his young age.



4. What surprised me most while reading this book was that polio is still out there and poised to strike here if someone from a country where polio is still active travels here and contacts an un-immunized person. I had no idea that polio was still a threat anywhere.
   I loved the story of Janice and Frankie. There should never be any more kids with polio since it could be eliminated, as Ms. Nichols makes clear.

5 comments about Making an Exit: A Mother-Daughter Drama with Alzheimer's, Machine Tools, and Laughter.

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   There are more than 5 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer's. The seventh leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimers' is a common, progressive, and deadly disease. You probably know someone who suffers from it. Every 72 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer's. The direct and indirect costs of Alzheimer's and other dementia amount to more than $148 billion annually.
   
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2. This book is fascinating reading, and very inspirational for anyone who desires to make the most of the time remaining with their loved one with Alzheimers. This is not a "Stage of Alzheimers" primer, but a fascinating memoir of a daughter caring for her mother with Alzheimers. Elinor Fuchs' story is unique because she finds ways to turn the difficulties of her mother's Alzheimers into opportunities for love, care, and family healing.
   
   Elinor Fuchs, a professor of drama at Yale University, seems so comfortable in her mother's fractured world, and finds the laughter within always. One very poignant moment occurs when the author is trying to determine whether her mother would rather return to her home of 30 years, or stay in an assisted living facility. Her mother responds: "Why go back in life when you can go forward."
   
   This book will bring tears, laughter, and wisdom to those who take the time to savor it.
   
   Gerry Puhara



3. Elinor Fuchs writes of navigating the long-distance caregiver role, first with the help of part-time paid caregivers and then live-in caregivers. Care eventually moves to an assisted living facility and finally a nursing home. Fuchs marks each transition with mixed feelings over meeting her mother's dependency needs while trying to preserve her independence. Fortunately, her loving uncle was available to make decisions with her until his own death. Fuchs' intelligence, good humor, and compassion enable her to enjoy her mother in spite of her limitations. She begins to reframe the meaning of her mother's fractured language: "I see Lil not only as a `patient' and `sick.' But as an artist, spinning poetry of a private world, and I began to carry a little tape recorder to catch these exchanges." As a result, each chapter of the book begins with an excerpt that reveals their playful, wacky, and sometimes profound conversations. This memoir is filled with funny anecdotes that show how her mother retained her essential self well throughout the disease.
   
   This book is a joy to read. More than a narrative about aging and loss, it is a story of love's triumph. "The last ten years," writes Fuchs, "they were our best." If only more family caregivers in the midst of such adversity could grasp such an unexpected gift.



4. This is a wonderful book. It's about a downer subject-Alzheimer's---but manages to be funny, inspiring, hopeful and informative about the process of AD. Other reviewers are right---it is a page turner.
   So what an achievement---an upbeat, engrossing book about a human tragedy. I've read a lot of first person accounts about the dementia of a relative and this is the best. It should become a classic. And now the author Fuchs, who teaches at the Yale School of Drama, should make a play of this.



5. Laughter is the key to surviving a mother with Altzheimers. This story is so full of laughter and love that it eases the pain of the adventure, maybe not while its going on, but certainly after the "exit." It's a non-stop read at any stage of the experience even if you got along with your mother just fine.

4 comments about MASH: An Army Surgeon in Korea.

1. It's clear that the author is a doctor and not a writer. The book cries out for editing; writing errors and organizational issues permeate the book. That said, after I got about halfway through these things stopped bothering me. The story made up for it. The reality of the MASH is much more interesting than what's portrayed on the screen. It gave me a new respect for military medicine. If you can make it through the starting chapters it's a great read.



2. Dr. Appell's book "M. A. S. H.: An Army Surgeon in Korea" is an excellent tribute to the men and women of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals by a veteran surgeon of the 8076TH M . A. S. H. unit. My only complaint is that the book was not a little longer. For any fan of the movie or t. v. series this book is a must-read. Dr. Appell (who was a consultant for the series), tells us what life was really like in a M. A. S. H. unit. The series took some liberties with actual events, but its overall portrayal was fairly accurate-though the series lasted 10 years compared to the three years of the Korean War itself, and the average length of stay for surgeons in a M. A. S. H. was about 8 months. Dr. Appell has written a very interesting book.



3. This book is not about the T.V. show M*A*S*H. But the tv show did get many of its episodes from this book. From arterial transplants to make shift clamps these Doctors opened many new doors to the medical world. Chapter 6 "In the O.R." is pretty gruesome. Details of intestinal wounds abdominal wounds and pretty much everything a war could destroy on a body.

   But its not all blood and guts. D.R. Apel talks of the korean's who helped around the camp. The use of the white rocks in the compund. Plus his first day at the MASH was spent on his feet for 72 hrs. operating. Amazing.

   I would have ggave the book a five star rating but there was a section on a paper the D.R. wrote on arteral repair which IMO took away from the book. It might have worked better at the end of the book.

   Nice pictures of procedures and Korea. This book is a must for people who like the TV show and would really like to see what went on in a real MASH outfit during the real Korean war.




4. All i can say is at the end of this book you will be speachless, this a a timless classic that inspired a spawing fox tv series that is still shown today. I Don't want to give any of the book away so i wont tell you alot, but this book is a very highly recomennded book for those who loved the series and loved the movie (also found on amazon.com). "One of my favorites ever! "

5 comments about White Coat: Becoming A Doctor At Harvard Medical School.

1. This book is good, but Melvin Konner's book is better. This is really an essay collection - each chapter is 3/4 pages long.
   
   The frustrating part is how she goes on and on about medical ethics, the patient/doc relationship, etc. I think it shows how doctors see themselves as uber-important. Everything they do is so important it has to be dissected ad-nauseum.



2. I really enjoy this book, it makes me recall the days when I was a medical student, clerk, and intern. The observation and description are superb. And in a feminine point of view, it makes the scenario more detailed and heart-stirring. It doesn't intend to pretend to be saint or great as someone thinks that Harvard something should be, I think it just honestly reflect the feelings, the thoughts come to mind. And I hope the author can publish more books like this. According to the introduction in the Taiwan's translated edition, the author works at Indian Reservation in Arizona now. So, I think the author is really a good doctor who doesn't regard "life quality" as a doctor's major concern. That's not easy.



3. After reading about her experiences, I made my decision to go into the field of medicine (as opposed to nursing or PA). This book may have been one of the determining factors in leading me to be who I am, and who I will be in the future!



4. Kind of a big bulk of dull recounts, set in a fog of years past. I find it hard to remember anything special about it. I strongly suggest in its place: On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency, by Emily R. Transue, or Another Day In The Frontal Lobe, Katrina Firlik. These books are written with the depth that White Coat lacks.
   
   Also, is it normal for a second year medical student to say something like this?
   (group of med students watching 'ER')
   Girl points at TV, says: "V-fib! That's ventricular fibrillation!!"
   
   Woah! I'm actually learning!!



5. You don't like fat people! That's totally cool, but for the love of god, settle down with the OBESE descriptions. I was also impressed (as I know you wanted me to be!) that despite the fact that you're a med student and working 36 hour days, you still managed to work out! Often! Good for you, sister! And good for ME! That's inspiring!! Lastly, I'm sure that it's because you work out, but how many times can you work in the fact that your size small lab coat (also, scrubs) was/were just too darned big for you? By my count, four.
   
   Ma'am, your tiny size and inspiring writing has shown me the error of my own slovenly ways! And someday, I certainly hope to end up in a book written by a snotty intern after I show up in the ER (and heaven forfend, if I'm having a baby-- women giving birth were downright FILTHY, according to you!) described as an 'obese white woman'! That would be heartwarming!

5 comments about Appointment at the Ends of the World: Memoirs of a Wildlife Veterinarian.

1. Since the largest portion of the book was about his sojourns in central Africa, it's quite obvious that this is his favorite place, but his adventures in Indonesia, South America, and other remote locales were interesting as well. The book was as much about his colleagues and friends as it was about him.
   
   His "postcards", which described local culture, history, and politics, were essential to understanding his missions.
   
   You can learn the most about him by Googling Billy Karesh; this appears to be what he wishes to be called.



2. Excellent book! I originally checked out this book at my campus library based on a recommendation from my uncle, a biology teacher. I enjoyed this book so much that I bought a copy after I read it.
   
   This book is a must read for future wildlife veterinarians and wildlife biologists.
   
   Dr. Karesh is able to draw you in to the many fascinating and sometimes dangerous places he travels to as a wildlife veterinarian. He also offers up a realistic perspective on wildlife conservation efforts in third world countries.
   
   Hope you enjoy it.



3. THe stories are incredible. In his writing he delivers the visual scene and feelings through his eyes, the animal's scene and feelings through their eyes, and the past present and future for these creatures of the Earth. I have passed this book on and purchased copies for others to enjoy, and they did.



4. I'm a huge supporter and reader of animal books, especially those with veterinarian authors. When I first saw this book at the library, I thought, "Wow, a new twist on and old idea... a WILDLIFE veterinarian." However, it wasn't far into the book I got sick of hearing about irrelevant, uninteresting happenings. The author is cocky and self-absorbed. His attempts at humor and general likeability are pathetic and easy to see through. I'm a hardy reader and will usually force myself to finish off even the most boring of books, but it was about halfway through I had to shut it for the last time. I actually got angry while reading it because it was THAT bad!



5. I read this book when it first came out three years ago, and I still think about it. His stories about the wonderful animals around the world touched my heart and I would highly reccomend this book if you enjoy reading about animals.

5 comments about In the Shadow of Memory (American Lives).

1. Mr Skloot has won many awards for his writings about living his life and even these cannot adequately capture the struggle, courage, gifts, and love of this man and the life he lives. Anyone who works as health care providers or has a loved one with dementia will be amazed, enlightened, and encouraged if they slowly read Mr Skloot's masterpieces. Life giving books.



2. Guess I had different expectations for this book after hearing Mr. Skloot interviewed on NPR. Was expecting more of the day-to-day issues he had with his memory loss.
   
   I deal with a lot of clients suffering from memory loss of one kind or another and had ordered the book for several hands-on caregivers. They may get enough out of the book to understand how memory loss shrinks a persons world and their frustrations with that shrinking world.



3. This is the first time I have been inspired to write a review for Amazon. I do so because I believe Floyd Skloot's memoir deserves as wide a readership as possible.
   
   His description of his own condition is extraordinary. I cannot think of another volume in which neurological illness is described so vividly "from the inside." His integration of relevant scientific literature within his account is always accessible and informative. And his setting all of this in the wider context of his life story makes terrific reading. He is candid, insightful, evocative, and poetic. We get to know him, not only as a writer and as a patient, but as a person--and he's a mensch. Although he lives far out in the country, he becomes our neighbor with this volume. This is of the most honest, perceptive, and well crafted books that I have read in a very long time.



4. I value this book most as a wonderful family memoir -- of the Skloots 1950s working-to-middle class immigrant experience. I wish everyone could write about their dysfunctional families with the kind of compassion and forgiveness found here.

   Skloot never flies the victim banner with his physical condition -- on the contrary, it seems to have given him a greater understanding of others. In his forties, he was hit with a virus that left him with some of the same brain malfunctions as his Alzheimers-afflicted mother. The story of his recovered relationship with his brother -- a compulsively over-eating, severe diabetic, and his once terrifying mother, are healing for anyone to read.

   This is real soul food.




5. A fierce virus assaulted Floyd Skloot's brain overnight, leaving him severely impaired, mentally. With his productive life changed forever, he began painstakingly writing heroic essays about his experience. Against all odds (given the dour subject), the result is insightful, moving and often downright hilarious. As a writer of poetry and novels, Skloot is able to plumb the depths of his mind for just the right word or phrase to lift his tragedy to heroic levels. By the end of the book, you realize that he has come to the point of viewing his disaster as an opportunity to live a rich and rewarding new life - just on a different level.
   Inspirational without being cloying.

5 comments about My Other Body: A Memoir of Love, Fat, Life, and Death.

1. This book weaves three incredible stories into one. All women and especially sisters can relate to Ann and her sister's story.
   
   But what is most compelling is how Ann Pai uses metaphor to create vivid pictures and experiences for her readers. You will want more from this author, for no one else can describe the world to you like Ann. She is in turn funny and ever heartfelt. The connections in Ann's world will open your mind to a new way of thinking that you will enjoy.
   
   Looking forward to her future works.



2. I had the honor to be nominated for a special award, known as the Needle Award, along with Ann Pai. There were five books total, who were nominated, and Ann's did not win. Before I found out the results, I bought her book, in part to check out my competition, and it part because I believed this would be the one to win, based on reviews and the part I read from Amazon.
   
   Of course it was difficult to find out on the fateful morning that I had not won, but I never really expected it. I ordered the book that acutally won, but it had yet to arrive. Meanwhile, I had been reading Ann's, and was spellbound. Ann's words were beautiful, her thoughts jewels. I felt like I was listening to a friend. I, too, had lost a sister.
   
   A few days after the award was announced, I found myself throwing a book against the wall and breaking down into tears. I was reading the book that won, and I threw it against the wall, irrevocably creasing it's catchy cover, ruining it's pages. (I'm not mentioning titles here, they are unimportant)
   
   Why was I crying? The judges who decided this award had this to say about the winning novel: "Deasy has penned a fantastic debut novel. [New York Publishers] need more books like this and less of everything else. This is [the kind of book] that comes to mind when someone says American Literature."
   
   Perhaps I am prudish, but knowing this was what they thought of the book, and seeing for myself the senseless sex, the drug use, binge drinking, the ridiculously recurrent use of the F word, the "by the way" type of voice it had, I couldn't help but throw it against the wall. If this is what American Literature should be, God help us.
   
   Ann's memoir, My Other Body, IS WHAT AMERICAN LITERATURE SHOULD BE!
   
   I have yet to read a book that touched me so much, that took an uncomfortable topic and told the beautiful truth. Notice I did not say brutal truth. Ann's book could have been brutal, it could have shocked me, it could even have sickened me, as morbid obesity sickens me, but it didn't. Because of the tender way she shared her sister with us, painted her as a person who was a "prisoner" to her body, I loved Joyce along with her, and cried at her death, at her pain and her struggle. I lost my sister to schizophrenia, another disease, which like morbid obesity, snatches those we love from us, changes them irrevocably, twists our hearts, yanking them this way and that between revulsion and seemingly hopeless love.
   
   I cannot accept the other book as the winner. I cannot change the result, but I am a writer, and can say my piece. Ann Pai's book did what I tried to do with mine. So, here's to the first ever Fay Freimuth Award. Congratulations, Ann



3. Our book club here in KC just read "My Other Body: A Memoir of Love, Fat, Life, and Death" by Ann Pai. The author, who is local, came to our meeting. It is self-published so has limited availability. It is beautifully written (especially for a first book - the quality of writing ranks up there with the best) memoir to her obese sister who in the end dies of her weight problem. The three interwoven stories each evoke strong but distinctly different feelings and hold your interest through the end. In the first story - the one of their childhood, it seems that this is a story that she has had bottled up inside of her long before her sister's death and couldn't wait to get it out. The accurate and colorful metaphors of childhood and the intimacy and issues between sisters are better than one can remember them in their own childhood. In the italicized story, she succeeds at detailing what it feels like to struggle with a weight problem and compulsive eating disorder. While reminiscent of my own binge eating problem during college, the feelings are universal to any addiction or compulsive disorder. The third story was more clinical and sad but a good representation of many who are put in the position of caretaker between generations.
   
   An overall theme in the book, she succeeds at seeing the person separate from the "problem" and exposing how society has a hard time doing that. The whole book club here loved it.



4. I completely enjoyed this book, not because of the subject matter, but because someone finally put into words what I was feeling. Part of the illness of compulsive eating is the aloneness. Suddenly, I don't feel so alone. Ann Pia was able to love her sister unconditionally and that is what everyone is looking for in this life. She has helped me find my own voice, by giving me words for the emotions. I would recommend this book for anyone that struggles with complusive eating or anyone that loves someone that eats compulsively.



5. This book grabbed my soul as it chronicles a real life tragedy unfolding in slow motion from both first person and third person point of view. Beautifully written, insightful, engrossing, and personal. Sometimes as I read it I almost felt like I was in the movie "Being John Malkovich" as I really saw life through Joyce's eyes. I can't decide if I should describe the emotions felt while reading this as being "brutally honest", or "beautifully honest".
   
   My Other Body would be a great book club selection, and also will resonate with anyone who knows someone with (or has) eating or obesity issues.

5 comments about As I Live and Breathe: Notes of a Patient-Doctor.

1. This is the best book I have ever read. Dr Jamie Weisman is my Doctor and she is very dedicated to her patians. She has really done wonders for me. Everyone should read this book to see that they are not the only ones having problems



2. Jamie Weisman is an excellent writer and a brave woman. She has been willing to accept the health problems she has been dealt and yet she chooses to grab life by the horns and live it. She acknowledges she is surrounded by a loving strong support system in her family of origin and her husband, and by giving that acknowledgement she also shows grace and strength.
   
   The warning comes from Jamie's spelling out the human mistakes that happen in the practice of medicine, even when the patient and the family advocates are watching closely.
   
   This is an excellent memoir in and of itself but I would also recommend it to anyone trying to be advocate for an ill relative or friend.



3. After witnessing the painful treatment and deaths of my in-laws recently, I was most interested in the author's account of her unbearable pain when her face was infected, and the problem she had in obtaining relief. She was a doctor herself and the staff knew her--yet she still had to beg for hours for relief. When will the medical profession treat pain adequately? I am disappointed that after enduring so much pain that she does not recognize this need. Overall, her courage is admirable, and we need more doctors who have endured chronic illness to write accounts that enlighten the general public.



4. I feel lucky to have been able to read this absolutely exquisite, yet at times gut wrenching, personal memoir, by a very gifted author who, it should be noted, is over twenty years younger than me. As one who has a very limited real life knowledge of medical life and death, it was an eye opener to (what sometimes seems) a completely different world. This is not only a sublime course in medical history and ethics, but a harrowing landscape of how the body can go wrong in myriad ways, and how the medical profession works its genius. The author has been through it from both sides too, and does not flinch in the telling. Not to be missed! Having read thousands of great books in nearly all fields, this is among the all-time best!



5. Dr. Weisman provides an insightful look into the unique life of a "patient-doctor" in As I Live and Breathe. She battles a chronic, severe immune system illness, at the same time juggling a medical career that is both rewarding and disheartening. The fight for life is sometimes won and sometimes lost, but she keeps a positive attitude through it all. This comes from the exceptional experience that she encounters everyday, through her disease. She uses the knowledge that she has gained from her own illness to create compassion and true sympathy for the patients that she treats. This is unique; this is where most doctors are lacking. She shows both the understanding and knowledge that is rare in the medical profession.
   This autobiography is not only about health and medical experience. It is about everything any human being encounters: marriage, childbearing, dealing with the loss of a loved one, and all the trials that comes with them. Dr. Weisman simply puts a spin on life, expressing it to the audience from a different point of view. She ponders on the unique perspectives of all the patients and families that she treats, and finds a positive force in all of them. She learns from her mistakes to help them better their lives. In a way, it is a sort of cycle, both parties feeding off the other.
   The power of family is important, she says; it provides an amazing support system for a patient that is much needed. She speaks fondly of her own family and the support that they provide, giving them credit for their undying courage and love. In wonder, she says, "I have never had to stand by and watch a loved one suffer the way my family has stood by me." She also admires her husband, saying, "[There was a] mix of joy I felt at asking another human being to share in the ambiguity of my life. I credit my husband with tremendous courage in loving me, someone whose future is from the start more fragile than others'." The relationship between family and patient is extraordinary, and Weisman does a wonderful job of depicting this with the sheer honesty that comes with an illness.
   This book is truly inspirational; the author takes the incredible situation that she is in, and turns it into a masterpiece of insight into the human mind. It expresses the core of the human spirit and everything it can endure. It shows the reader that one can overcome any obstacle and make light of a seemingly dark situation. It also proves that "bad days" are acceptable and "good days" are even better. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a good, honest read.

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