By Letty Cottin Pogrebin
We all know a person who’s ailing or ache. but while a chum or relative is less than duress many people suppose doubtful approximately easy methods to cope.
Throughout her contemporary bout with breast melanoma, Letty Cottin Pogrebin grew to become occupied with her friends’ and family’s varied reactions to her and her ailment: how awkwardly a few of them behaved; how a few misspoke or misinterpreted her wishes; and the way great it used to be while humans learn her correct. She started chatting with her fellow sufferers and dozens of alternative veterans of great affliction, trying to detect what ailing humans wanted their neighbors knew approximately how most sensible to convenience, support, or even easily seek advice from them.
Now Pogrebin has distilled their collective tales and reviews into this wide-ranging compendium of pragmatic tips and usable knowledge. Her suggestion is usually infused with sensitivity, heat, and humor. it truly is embedded in candid tales from her personal and others’ trips, and their occasionally imperfect interactions with well-meaning acquaintances. How to Be a chum to a chum Who’s Sick is a useful guidebook for an individual hoping to upward thrust to the demanding situations of this most vital and significant passage of friendship.
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