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not coincidence

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In 1999, my husband was very sick. On the day we went to the hospital for his bone marrow aspiration Evan appeared on a TV talk show talking about Time On Fire, I think it had just gone to paperback, or maybe he was just sharing. My husband was diagnosed with ALL, a kinder gentler leukemia. We almost lost him 3X's, but he is here to tell the tale. I felt that Time On Fire was written extremely well, and I am so glad that Evan was so honest about his feelings. His book helped me to help my husband, and to question authority. There were many times I questioned nurses, they became upset with me but if I had not they would have ruined his chest line (hickman for anyone who knows the terms for such things). Evan's candor also helped me to be the best wife and friend I could be to my husband during this awful time. Feelings I would never have considered, I did because I had read Mr. Handler's book.
Evan Handler, you have helped countless people I am sure with your words. I am so thankful for this book, it is a good read without having a husband who has cancer, it will give you insight to be a better friend to someone who does have cancer, and it will help you to see just how wonderfully precious our lives truly are.
It was not a coincidence that you were made known to us on a cold rainy day in December of 1999.
I am sure that I will love your new book as well and look forward to reading it.

riveting, honest, intellegent

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Time on Fire is a riveting book. Evan Handler is honest and intelligent. He captures his experience and dives in with great detail to the many facets of his process of walking the devastating road of cancer. He holds nothing back. He exposes those around him. He exposes himself too, everything bold, down to every frail and frightened thought. Sometimes his descriptions were so graphic that I found myself cringing and covering my eyes. Sometimes I wanted to "walk out of the room" because maybe what he wrote about was too intimate for me to be watching. Sometimes I found myself cheering because he said what we wish more people would say. Sometimes I cried because he endured and witnessed more pain than anyone should have to. Mostly I marvel at his ability to put it all out there, to remind me that we are all human and that includes a whole spectrum of history, desires, reactions and responses.

I recommend this book to people in health care, allopathic and naturopathic! (The people you serve are precious, living souls who matter, and it matters how you are with them!) It's a wake up call. I recommend this book to people who are searching and walking within the medical system and the alternative medicine scene for healing. (Take responsibility for your health care!) There are messages there for those who are in positions of support to people with serious or chronic health challenges (like make sure YOU have a good support system for yourself!).

I do recommend this book highly.

Just discovered this amazing, touching and very funny book!

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I recently met Evan Handler at a book event in Los Angeles. Little did I know what a talented writer he is. Soon I was glued to the pages of his "Time on Fire." It is very well written. Somehow he manages to find humor in facing the horrors of leukemia treatment.

It's David Sedaris with cancer! Plus Evan's will to survive shines through.

Would be interesting to see the play on which this memoir is based.

Evan mentioned that he is working on a new book, and I look forward to the read.

Time for my Annual Reading of this book...

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Once a year, I revisit this story, as every nurse and physician should. Take an active role in your treatment, and be an informed consumer...these days, healthcare is a business. Don't let the residents and fellows treat you like a pincushion. This book changed the way I do my job.

"Dante's Inferno" meets "Friends"

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An amazing book. Funny and terrifying. It makes me think of Catch-22 -- a strong, independent character forced to survive in an insane and dangerous world.

I've read this one several times, and it's a can't-put-it-down adventure each time.