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Contains the author's first-hand account of her early struggles with throat and skin cancer, surgeries, life-threatening allergies, and multiple injuries from a car accident, and describes the strength she had to endure these hardships and live her life to its fullest.

Presents the true story of nine-year-old Zubaida Hasan who fell into a kerosene fire in her home in Afghanistan, her father who desperately sought help for her, and the American Green Beret soldier who was instrumental in bringing her to the U.S. and arranging for a series of operations that changed the little girl's life.

The author recounts the seasons her family spent at their summer home in New Jersey's Pine Barrens when she was a child--and the health problems she suffered ever since due to the radiation and toxic waste released by the nearby nuclear power plant.

Ron Rozelle reconstructs his father's life as a superintendent in East Texas from the 1930s to the 1960s so that the rest of his family can discover what his father was like before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Becky Thayne and her mother alternate in describing how Becky suffered as a young woman from manic depression, anorexia, and bulimia and how she eventually recovered.

The author, an alumnus of Brandeis University, tells of his meetings with a former professor suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease and of the lessons he learned about life and death from his college mentor.

A memoir in which actor Michael J. Fox shares the story of his life, discussing his childhood in Canada, his career in show business, his marriage and family, and his struggle with Parkinson's disease.

Michael Gates Gill shares how a job at his local Starbucks helped him rebuild his life after he lost his job and his family, sharing how the job taught him about what was truly important and offering an inside look at life behind the Starbucks' counter.

Tells the true story of Cory Friedman and his thirteen-year battle with Tourette syndrome, numerous medications and treatments, and his family's determination to find help for their son.

Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.