Pain's Vacation

By Ann Marie Thrse Meyers

El Alamein was the World War II land battle Britain had to win. By the summer of 1942 Rommel's German forces were threatening to sweep through the Western Desert and drive on to the Suez Canal, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403319979
• ISBN13: 9781403319975
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: 1st Book Library
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

An original perspective

At the heart of Ann Marie Therese Meyers's Book is the notion that Pain is a central and even indispensible element of the human experience. By ascribing personalities (often with insightful, amusing results) to such emotions as happiness, fear, envy, and anger, the author creates a hypothetical universe: What if pain suddenly vanished from our lives? The results, told through sometimes very funny and at times heartbreaking passages, might surprise you. For what the author proposes is that without pain, the human emotional landscape is barren. Pain makes it possible for humans to feel hope and, ultimately, happiness. Doesn't sound intuitive? Read this book and see if you are not sold.As a physician dealing with patients who suffer from chronic pain, I have recommended this book to many of them. It offers a fresh and original perspective on the whole issue of chronic pain that, quite frankly, I had never read about or thought of. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is suffering from or knows anyone who is suffering from chronic pain. Or for anyone interested in an engaging, surprising read.

What If?

Image a world with no pain. Ann Marie Meyers' has done just that, and the result is not as joyously utopian as you'd expect. The only book I ever loved where pain's arrival was the happy climax.