Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities
by Elizabeth Edwards
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Author: Elizabeth EdwardsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05-08
ISBN: 076793136X
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Broadway
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Book Review: Honest and Inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
Elizabeth Edwards has written a book that will help and inspire people to deal with the obstacles they face during their liftetime. Ms. Edwards has had her share, especially after middle-age with the death of her beloved son, Wade; breast cancer; and the extramarital affairs of her husband, John.
Ms. Edwards admits that she's not perfect (and who is?), but she frames the book around her own beliefs, strengths, and shortcomings to make it real for the readers. She is very honest in expressing her feelings about various and sundry things in her life. She explains why she has stuck it out with John (for better or for worse)and how other members of her family have faced similar situations.
And this is a book I would recommend to others who have lost a child or who are battling cancer, or those who are close to others facing these life-changing events because one can gain a deeper understanding of what they are going through in their personal crisis.
I hope Ms. Edwards's cancer remains in remission because I believe there is more she can contribute through her writings and personal endeavors, such as universal health care. She is truly a remarkable person.
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Summary of Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities
The bestselling author of Saving Graces shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity.She's one of the most beloved political figures in the country, and on the surface, seems to have led a charmed life. In many ways, she has. Beautiful family. Thriving career. Supportive friendship. Loving marriage. But she's no stranger to adversity. Many know of the strength she had shown after her son, Wade, was killed in a freak car accident when he was only sixteen years old. She would exhibit this remarkable grace and courage again when the very private matter of her husband's infidelity became public fodder. And her own life has been on the line. Days before the 2004 presidential election-when her husband John was running for vice president-she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After rounds of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation the cancer went away-only to reoccur in 2007.
While on the campaign trail, Elizabeth met many others who have had to contend with serious adversity in their lives, and in Resilience, she draws on their experiences as well as her own, crafting an unsentimental and ultimately inspirational meditation on the gifts we can find among life's biggest challenges. This short, powerful, pocket-sized inspirational book makes an ideal gift for anyone dealing with difficulties in their life, who can find peace in knowing they are not alone, and promise that things can get better.
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