Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)
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Elizabeth Edwards is one of the much beloved political figures in the country and, on the surface, she seems to have led a charmed life. In many ways, she has. Stunning family. Thriving career. Supportive friendships. But she’s no stranger to adversity. Many recognize of the strength she showed afterwards 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 when her own life was on the line. Days before the 2004 presidential election–when her husband, John, was running for vice president–she was diagnosed together with breast cancer. Afterwards rounds of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, the cancer went away–only to recur in 2007. In Resilience, Elizabeth Edwards crafts an unsentimental and ultimately inspirational meditation on dealing together with life’s biggest challenges. This great and inspirational book makes an perfect gift for anyone dealing together with difficulties in their lives, to illustrate strength from the kind of attitude this Elizabeth has developed, and locate peace in knowing this they are not alone.
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American Public Has Been Fooled By This Woman-Don't Feed Her Greed & Ego   2010-03-15
By carol irvin (United States)
This woman has made yet another fortune from two books about what a brave, inspirational person she is when she cannot in reality be honest with her readers or the public. She vindictively tormented others when her husband was acting like the weasel he is and attacked others when she should have attacked him. She has used her cancer like a weapon and I speak as someone who has cancer. There are other people who also have cancer and have endured tragedies who are not dishonest and have not vindictively attacked others. I don't want Elizabeth Edwards' advice about anything and I am sorry as I can be that I once voted for her husband as vice president. John Edwards is not the only one who fooled us--his wife was right there shoveling the lies down upon us too. Some "Saint".
greedy, greedy, greedy   2010-03-04
By A. Evans
those three little words apply both to Saint Elizabeth and to the price of the kindle book
I'm ambivalent   2010-02-23
By Wendy Alsup (Seattle, WA)
It's hard to review this book. It's an easy read and kept me interested. It's also sad and depressing. But those are the facts of Elizabeth's life. I ache for her. Saddest of all is knowing their divorce is pending after reading the book's account of her attempts to deal with the affair. In the book, she is trying to regain trust and hurts for her husband who feels great guilt. He is trying to earn her trust back. Something after the book was written happened to push her over the edge. I wonder what it was. Her story is of a woman with naive notions of how her life would turn out who has been disappointed in profound ways. In the end, her way of dealing with it is to adapt and endure. She has found a way to live with the pain handed her. But I didn't leave inspired. Just sad.
Disgusted   2010-02-17
By David R. Poage (BELLAIRE, TEXAS USA)
A sadly, pathetic bitter woman. She's among the elite hypocritically claiming trying to help the people her husband has gotten rich off of and now living in a mansion that was built from money juries awarded thinking the money was going to injured people. If history remembers this woman, which it proably will not, she will not be looked upon favorably-she's part of the problem and not part of what makes our country great. I am so glad she and her floundering husband are not in the White House right now. She has a room just for storing Christmas ornaments.
She's brave, she's very bright, but she is not honest   2010-02-12
By Katrina Waltenbaugh (Tennessee)
While it is obvious that the author is very intelligent and well read, this book was totally not worth the purchase price. It is painfully obvious that, although her eldest son was an amazing young man, his mother was totally obsessed with him and she seems to barely remember he had a sister. Almost no detail is given about Cate. And, if she were being honest, she might have at least said of her husband, "he cheated," "he fooled around," or something semi-bland instead of every single time referring to it as "his indiscretion." Come on...nothing genuine about that. We know from other sources and from interviews she is capable of strong feelings so why not be honest in this book? I truly do sympathize with Elizabeth Edwards and pray for success in the treatment of her cancer but a more truthful book, (and it still wouldn't have had to contain salacious details), would have been far more fair to her readers.