Survival Lessons
The prize-winning author of such modern literary classics as Practical Magic , The World That We Knew , and The Marriage of Opposites , Alice Hoffman is also a cancer survivor. In Survival Lessons , she shares her transformative journey, showing us how to re-envision our own lives and relationships with our friends and family, and the significance of the everyday choices we make. Sorrow and joy are both part of the human experience, and the beauty of the world is easy to overlook during periods of crisis, illness, or loss. Here, Hoffman offers wit, wisdom, and comfort in "an optimistic instruction manual [for] anyone struggling with self-care in a time of trouble" ( Story Circle Book Reviews ). "In this gem of a book, Alice Hoffman acknowledges the sorrows of life, while reminding us of its joys.