Blindsided
lifting a life above illness : a reluctant memoir
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2004 - HarperCollins, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
59,000 words, Guess
Page Count
236 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL23273605M
- ISBN-100060014091
- OCLC Control Number52258209
- OCLC Control Numberblindsidedliftin00cohe
- Library of Congress Control Number2003050937
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- Goodreads710330
- LibraryThing175829
Classifications
- DDC362.1/96834/0092
- LCCRC377 .C544 2004
Description
Illness came calling when Richard M. Cohen was twenty-five years old. He was a young television news producer with expectations of a limitless future, and his foreboding that his health was not quite right turned into the harsh reality that something was very wrong when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. For thirty years Cohen has done battle with MS, only to be ambushed by two bouts of colon cancer at the end of the millennium. And yet, he has written a hopeful book about celebrating life and coping with chronic illness. "Welcome to my world," writes Cohen, "where I carry around dreams, a few diseases, and the determination to live life my way. This book is my daily conversation with myself, a chronicle of the struggles in that exotic place just north of the neck. At the moment, my attitude checks out well. I do believe I'm winning." Autobiographical at its roots, reportorial, and expansive, Blindsided explores the effects of illness on raising three children and on his relationship with his wife, Meredith Vieira (host of ABC's The View and the syndicated Who Wants To Be A Millionaire). Cohen tackles the nature of denial and resilience, the ins and outs of the struggle for emotional health, and the redemptive effects of a loving family. And while he may not have chosen to live with illness, illness did choose him. Written with grace, humor, and lyrical prose, Blindsided presents a life brimming over with accomplishment and joy in adversity.
First Sentence
Perhaps I should have seen the ambush coming while I was in college.
Excerpt
Perhaps I should have seen the ambush coming while I was in college.
Subjects
Genres
- Biography
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