Overview
Outrageous, funny, heartbreaking, intelligent, inspiring, irreverent and defiant, Jane Marla Robbins describes her journey with the auto-immune disease, Myasthenia gravis, which to date has no cure. Still, she emerges strong and with none of her horrible, initial symptoms. Well-crafted, the book includes an outline for a surreal musical, as well as poetry, jokes, prayers, rants, inspiration, and hope. Many people with illnesses are being comforted by the author's honest and moving story.
Full Product Details
Author: Jane Marla Robbins
Publisher: IngramSpark
Imprint: IngramSpark
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.245kg
ISBN: 9781088046364
ISBN 10: 1088046363
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 03 January 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""Myasthenia gravis attacked Jane Marla Robbins, and in this book she launches a brilliant counterattack. Her weapons, that embrace and actually suffocate it, are: wit, humor, wordplay, music, and yes, JOY."" -- Jimmy Roberts, composer, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change ""Moving.... The book succeeds in capturing the manifold nature of illness... Jane's stay in the hospital is indeed nightmarish, as she is beset by giant birds, nurses dancing the cancan, and human-sized pill bottles screaming 'eat me.'"" - Kirkus Review ""As a physician and patient myself with Myasthenia gravis, I have to thank Jane Marla Robbins for making me laugh out loud about my own condition. It's what we all needed - deep-throated anger, belly-aching laughter, tears of tenderness, and hope for cures."" - Dr. Lisa Plymate, internist and geriatrician, living with MG for six years"
""Myasthenia gravis attacked Jane Marla Robbins, and in this book she launches a brilliant counterattack. Her weapons, that embrace and actually suffocate it, are: wit, humor, wordplay, music, and yes, JOY."" -- Jimmy Roberts, composer, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change ""Moving.... The book succeeds in capturing the manifold nature of illness... Jane's stay in the hospital is indeed nightmarish, as she is beset by giant birds, nurses dancing the cancan, and human-sized pill bottles screaming 'eat me.'"" - Kirkus Review ""As a physician and patient myself with Myasthenia gravis, I have to thank Jane Marla Robbins for making me laugh out loud about my own condition. It's what we all needed - deep-throated anger, belly-aching laughter, tears of tenderness, and hope for cures."" - Dr. Lisa Plymate, internist and geriatrician, living with MG for six years
