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Title: If I Get to Five: What Children Can Teach Us About Courage and Character by Fred Epstein, Josh Horwitz ISBN: 080507144X Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 03 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62
Rating: 5
Summary: So Many Lessons
Comment: Doctor Epstein has highlighted so many lessons for life
that he learned from these children that were patients.
Any adult could really benefit from reading the lessons for
having a more fulfilled life with whatever time we have left.
It is not only moving and exciting but is also a text book
for happy living, regardless of circumstances.
Rating: 2
Summary: A Suprising Disappointment
Comment: This book could have been so much more. Dr. Epstein has experienced a unique situation...he learned so much from the children he treated over the years AND he has experienced the harrowing journey of reclaiming one's identity after suffering a head injury. If only he had shared with us how what he learned from the children affected his attitude toward his own recovery. Instead, we are given superficial anecdotes about one child after another, seemingly in random order. The children and their families do not come alive as individuals. As I read the book, I got the feeling that Dr. Epstein gave a tape recounting several cases to Mr. Horwitz and said, "Here, you make this into a book." What you end up with is a book, while competently written, that lacks soul, depth or insight. By far the biggest disconnect is the unwillingness or seemingly oblivious attitude of what Dr. Epstein personally learned from these children, and how he must have needed evey one of those lessons learned from his patients to overcome his own challanges. Why does Dr. Epstein even mention the fact of his own injury if he does not plan on using himself as an example of the power that can be gleaned from the attitudes of these children? There comes a time in every person's life when they will need to "get to five", and the lessons learned from these children applied to the life of an adult could have made a book that was a tribute to both Dr. Epstein and his patients. I'm sorry, but in my opinion the mark was missed; what could have been a great book and one of enduring importance took the easy way out.
Rating: 5
Summary: A miracle worker
Comment: I know one of the children profiled in the book. It is true, and without exaggeration, this extraordinary boy would not be alive today (he is now 19) without Dr. Epstein and his incredible medical team.
A wonderful, inspiring read on so many levels.
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Title: Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande ISBN: 0805063196 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Pub. Date: 04 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Gifts of Time by Fred J., M.D. Epstein, Elaine Fantle Smimberg, Elaine Fantle Shimberg ISBN: 0688110290 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: April, 1993 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Funny Letters from Famous People by Charles Osgood, Charles Osgood Wood ISBN: 076791175X Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Another Place at the Table: A Story of Shattered Childhoods Redeemed by Love by Kathy Harrison ISBN: 1585422002 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 14 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Childhood Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors: A Guide for Families, Friends & Caregivers by Tania Shiminski-Maher, Patsy McGuire Cullen, Maria Sansalone ISBN: 0596500092 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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