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The author describes suffering a brain aneurysm and nearly dying, then having multiple brain surgeries that deformed her skull, and losing her sense of smell and the sight in one eye. Discusses how she used her love of cooking to help her recover and create a normal life once again. Features twenty-seven recipes that helped the author on her road to recovery.

Amy Wilensky offers a personal account of her lifelong struggle with Tourette's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Scotty Smiley recounts how losing his sight after a roadside bomb went off in Iraq has changed his life, and shares how the support of his wife and family, and his strong faith in God, have helped him survive.

Stuart Scott shares his personal story, discussing his childhood, family, job as a sportscaster, and fight with cancer.

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

Stuart Scott shares his personal story, discussing his childhood, family, job as a sportscaster, and fight with cancer.

After eleven-year-old Liam moves to the home of his grandmother, who has dementia, with his sister and his alcoholic mother, he copes with his difficulties by befriending a stone gargoyle.

Roxanne Black, diagnosed with lupus at the age of fifteen, describes her experiences battling the disease discusses her decision to found Friends' Health Connection, which matches patients with similar health conditions, and shares the stories of some of the people she has met through the nationwide network.