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Walter Gretzky, father of hockey player Wayne Gretzky, describes his life experiences and recovery from a stroke that came close to killing him. Explores growing up on a small town farm; meeting and marrying his wife, Phyllis; raising five children on the income of a telephone repairmen; and holding onto his values and modesty even after becoming a celebrity. Discusses how he came back from a devastating aneurysm that destroyed many of his memories and induced numerous cognitive difficulties. Also details his efforts to raise awareness about strokes.

The author describes his decade-long obsession with alcohol and drugs that eventually culminated in a stay at a mental institution.

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.

Helen readies her home for her friend Nicola, who travels to Melbourne from Sydney to start a course of treatment for bowel cancer, and the two friends' disagreement over the efficacy of the treatments leads to conflict as symptoms worsen.

Henry Wiggens, his best friend Bruce Pearson, and other members of the New York Mammoths, bonding over the course of a season that sees the team making a run at the World Series, become even closer as they rally around a teammate who is dying of cancer.

Liam Campbell faces a difficult choice when he discovers that his beloved wife, Mikaela, trapped in a coma after a riding accident, was once married to international movie star Julian True, and seems to be responding only to her first love's name.

Lou Arrendale, a high-functioning autistic adult, has a steady job, friends, and a passion for fencing, but when he comes under attack for refusing a controversial treatment for his disorder, his quiet life is turned upside-down and he fears the life he has grown accustomed to will be gone forever.

The author discusses her troubled and somewhat bizarre childhood, her undiagnosed struggles with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and her introduction to a set of religious rules she hadn't known existed before.