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The founder of Commonweal discusses the problem of isolation and disconnection in American society and sets forth her vision of how life should be lived, drawing on her work and her own experience with a life-threatening disease.
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"Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time," writes Rachel Naomi Remen in her introduction to Kitchen Table Wisdom. "It is the way wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us live a life worth remembering." Remen, a physician, therapist, professor of medicine, and long-term survivor of chronic illness, is also a down-home storyteller. Reading this collection of real-life parables feels like a late-night kitchen session with a best friend, munching on leftovers while listening to the good-as-gossip stories of everyday heroes and archetype villains. Every story guides us like a life compass, showing us what's good and lasting about ourselves as well as humanity.
About the Author:
Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. is a pioneer in training physicians in relationship-centered care and has been in the private practice of psycho-oncology for the past 20 years. A former faculty member at the Stanford School of Medicine, she is also cofounder and medical director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California, which was featured on Bill Moyers's PBS special "Healing and the Mind." She is currently the clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of California at San Francisco.
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- PublisherAudio Literature
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1574530631
- ISBN 13 9781574530636
- BindingAudio Cassette
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