Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope
&#8220;Extraordinary.&#8221; (Larry King, Larry King Live)&#8220;Career journalist Cohen doesn&#8217;t flinch from probing for truth about relationships, money, fear, and death&#8230;.One only hopes that, with their group presentation to a class of Harvard medical students, these five taught young medicos as much as they could teach Cohen and, through him, us.&#8221; (Booklist)&#8220;The strength of these profiles derives from Cohen&#8217;s focus on chronic illnesses that, as he notes, are not &#8220;sexy&#8221; and generally &#8220;do not resolve themselves&#8221;....these are stories dense with quotidian details.&#8221; (Washington Post)&#8220;This unusual book gives a voice to the voiceless--the chronically disabled who, in our health-conscious society, are defined by their disease....In this advocacy book, written like a personal journal, Cohen tells their stories....Strong at the Broken Places ends on a note of hope.&#8221; (Providence Journal)