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Bittersweet Chances: A Personal Journey of Living and Learning in the Face of Illness
enlarge	Author: Dana Selenke Broehl Publisher: PublishAmerica Category: Book List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Buy Used: $1.73 as of 11/21/2009 01:19 PST details You Save: $23.22 (93%) New (15) Used (14) from $1.73 Seller: so_goodwill Media: Paperback Pages: 192 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 ISBN: 1413713246 Dewey Decimal Number: 920 EAN: 9781413713244 ASIN: 1413713246 Publication Date: April 12, 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days



Editorial Reviews: Product Description Chronic illness has the ability to rob life of its joy and meaning. The social, psychological, and emotional challenges of a chronic illness can destroy lives and leave empty human shells in its wake. But just as chronic illness is a thief, it is also a giver. It has the ability to transform lives by providing countless opportunities for knowledge, personal growth, and perspective. Chronic illness challenges us to accept its intrusively difficult nature and grow through the difficulty. Through a series of poignant essays and chronicled journal entries, Bittersweet Chances recounts Doug and Dana Broehl's journey of growth through the darkness of cystic fibrosis and the renewed hope of a double lung transplant.

Customer Reviews: Not a Bitter Book January 5, 2005 anonymous 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Dana Broehl is my spanish teacher, and I read her book mostly to see how good of a writer she is. I found out that she is an excellent writer who adds humor to her very difficult problems. She writes of her husbands double lung transplants and all of the problems that go along with it. It is a heart warming story of love, faith and living ones life to the fullest. This is perfect for anyone who is going through a difficult situation or has been through one in the past. The Title Says It All September 11, 2004 Samuel W. Feinstein (Bridgeton, NJ USA) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful Dana is a gifted writer who has told the story of how her life was transformed by love in a most glorious way. She shares the deepest secrets about meeting Doug and then goes on to tell how she had to learn to share him with a third party - a chronic disease that would surely kill him. Was it worth working to build the relationship? Could Dana and Doug beat the odds, which were stacked against them on so many different fronts? There is so much to be learned from their experience and Dana (a teacher by profession) educates the reader about accepting the truth and overcoming obstacles previously unimaginable. There is a spiritual side, but it does not dominate her writing. There is a humorous side, but it does not detract from the seriousness of the story. This is probably the most educational, amusing and uplifting book I have read in the past year. Hopeful June 8, 2004 3 out of 3 found this review helpful My son has CF, and I know that he will someday need a transplant. I found this book to be a hopeful and honest portryal of life with a chronic illness. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who feels overwhelmed or burdened by life and illness. Uncovering The Meaning of Life May 23, 2004 2 out of 2 found this review helpful This book is an open and honest portrayal of one couple's journey through a chronic illness. The book is full of hilarious and heart wrenching stories, but the message is hope. This brave young couple has gone through the storms of life, but they have weathered them in such a way that they have learned to focus not on the storms, but on the rainbows that inevitabley follow. This is a spectacular book that should be read by the healthy and the chronically ill.

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