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Title: raw courage new growth by Matthew Scott Oickle, editor Alvin F. Oickle ISBN: 0-9664556-1-4 Publisher: Lorelli Slater Publisher Pub. Date: 15 March, 1999 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $6.00

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Summary: Suffering and Death's Painful Window
Comment: No doubt the most difficult words in the English language are: "You only have a few months to live." A doctor dreads having to make such a pronouncement; a patient doesn't look forward to hearing them. There is a numbing shock when these words are heard--thoughts fly wildly by, unable to be caught or captured.

This book is a book of poems written by a young man who was told, in his 30's, that he only had months to live. The results take the reader through the grieving process of the person looking at his own mortality. Emotions rang from anger to denial to acceptance. The words are powerful; the emotions real.

Anyone who's experienced this firsthand will no doubt relate to the words, feelings, and emotions of Matthew Oickle. Anyone who knows someone with a terminal illness can begin to understand what's happening through Matthew's experiences and words. Anyone who's had to counsel both can use this for his/her own understanding and maybe to help in the grieving process, to show that the feelings of fear, anger, hatred, acceptance. love, etc., are normal to the process.

You will not want to miss the exchange in the book between Matthew and his niece. It is to be treasured for its simplicity and its eloquence and its acceptance of what is happening and leaving it up to a higher power.

In the short time I've known about this book, it has helped tremendously in counseling people not only with terminal illness, but other suffering as well.