Survival Lessons

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Fifteen years ago, Alice Hoffman received a diagnosis that changed everything about the life she'd been living. Most significant - aside from the grueling physical ordeal she underwent - was the way it changed how she felt inside and what she thought she ought to be doing with her days. Now she has written the book that she needed to read then.

In this honest, wise, and upbeat guide, Alice Hoffman provides a road map for the making of one's life into the very best it can be. As she says, "In many ways I wrote this book to remind myself of the beauty of life, something that's all too easy to overlook during the crisis of illness or loss. There were many times when I forgot about roses and starry nights. I forgot that our lives are made up of equal parts sorrow and joy, and that it's impossible to have one without the other…I wrote to remind myself that in the darkest hour the roses still bloom, the stars still come out at night. And to remind myself that, despite everything that was happening to me, there were still some choices I could make."

©2013 Alice Hoffman. Recorded by arrangement with Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a division of Workman Publishing Company, Inc. (P)2013 HighBridge Company

Beauty within brevity…

This book is for survivors what Strunk and White's masterpiece is for writers. Read it, perhaps read it more than just three times. Digest. Read it again. Take some notes, then make some plans. Live.

Roses will bloom..Touching and uplifting

My mother passed suddenly and this book was like listening to a loving aunt. I found so much comfort in her words and wisdom.

humerous and wise

The wisdom is delivered with gentle humor. The narration of this book feels like you are chatting with a dear friend.
Thank you Alice for sharing your truths
I will share with all the women I love.

A must listen

This book is one that I will be coming back to regularly. I bookmarked, which I never do. Alice Hoffman has a way of reaching the reader and likening these survival lessons to all of our lives, after all, we are all trying to survive. A must read. Excuse me while I order this for my bookshelf...

Lovely

I needed to hear hope in my own trying time.

Thank you for sharing your journey.