Voices from the Edge: Life Lessons from the Cancer Community

By Michael Hayes Samuelson

Written and compiled by a cancer survivor, this book includes moving interviews with ten individuals who have faced dealth, who have been to the edge and have returned the wiser for it. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563526441
• ISBN13: 9781563526442
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.7" x 0.7" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

This is an important piece of work.

I am a cancer survivor. I was on a pathway that I didn't understand and nobody could tell me where it was going to take me. I was frightened, confused, lonely - and that turned into depression and left me a changed person. With the help of friends and the help of family and the help of this book, I survived. I am CURED. I am now back on the path that I know, that I control, that I can describe. At first, this seemed like a depressing topic and a very depressing way to look at things. I think to myself - 'I'm in the terrible place, I'm trying to crawl out, I'm trying to be positive.... how in the world could hearing peoples stories about their near death experiences with cancer possibly help!? If anything it could push the spiral of my spirituality further out of control." I was wrong. This book made me realize that I wasn't along. This book made me realize that something could come out of all of this. It made me think. It yanked me back to reality. All of these people were on that same path and they COULD explain it, the COULD help me understand where it was going and these people turned my attitude and my fight around. This is an important piece of work. It's important to a cancer patients family, but absolutely the most important to a cancer survivor. Order this book now if you know someone who could use it. Don't have one more second thought. Then, when you get it - read it for a day or two before you give it to that person - and tell them.

Life affirming!

I, too, heard Mr. Samuelson speak at a leadership conference. The audience was riveted by his story and the lessons he had to convey. I immediately went out in search of his written work. When I first found this book, I put it back, thinking it would be too depressing to read, but then I couldn't get it out of my mind. I ordered it and read it...and found it to be one of the most life-affirming books I've ever read. Not in a preachy, how-to way but in a subtle, "look at what these people are dealing which and how" way. Mr. Samuelson writes with as much energy as he speaks. He challenges us to look at the adversity in our lives and use it to learn, grow and make a difference. This is a very human book and anyone who reads it should come away with at least one life lesson. Amazing. I've since learned a cousin has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She'll be receiving a copy of the book asap.

voices of determination

My Father, Tim Harbour is chapter 1 in this book. Michael Samuelson is a good friend of his. This book really touched my family and my dads courage through his cancer has really touched other people too. In his story, my dad discribes me as a different kind of kid, vary strong deep for a 13 yer old (iam now 14) because i have never known in my life when he was well. I suggest you to read this book, it is a great way to look at cancer with the peoples view in this book. :O)

Deceptively Powerful Book!

I'm not a cancer survivor, but when I heard the author speak at a leadership conference, I had to get the book. Most of the conference participants in the room were in upper management positions at Fortune 500 companies. Every one of us was captured by Michael's words. The book is no less compelling. It grabs you on the first page and doesn't let go. For anyone who has never had cancer, it's a powerful read. I can only imagine how powerfully gripping it must be for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer. If you're not a cancer survivor, buy a copy and read it. If your life has been touched by cancer, buy three copies - one for yourself and one for two people close to you.

Uplifting and Inspirational

Voices From The Edge is a gift to all of us who deal with the challanges of cancer in our lives. I have just finished crying, laughing, pondering, relating, reliving and learning through this wonderful book. Michael Samuelson has made a remarkable contribution to the understanding of the human condition as it is affected by cancer.