MS book reviews

[StacyHayward]

I know someone posted the other day about a memoir they read about MS. Thought I’d check out my local library.

29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker. Excellent book! Loved it! Great insights to MS and learning to find joy in life despite the curves MS throws at us.

Nest by Esther Ehrlich. I would say it focuses more on mental illness and depression rather than MS. I would recommend you’re in a healthy mindset about your diagnosis before reading. Not exactly uplifting.

Sean Griswold’s Head by Lindsey Leavitt. This is a great book especially for teens whose parents have MS. Addresses the fallout when a family hides the diagnosis of the dad from their daughter and how she comes to terms with it.

The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard. I didn’t make it very far into this one. Too much foul language for my liking. Premise sounded interesting though. Woman’s husband leaves after 20 years and then she finds out she has MS.

Hope this gives some ideas to our readers in the group! (I should add most of these are fiction except the first one. But still interesting reads.)

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador]

Hey StacyHayward are any of these available thru our lending Library? Have you checked?

J🌠

[StacyHayward in reply to Jesmcd2]

I have no idea. I’ve never used the lending library.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to StacyHayward]

That was a subtle hint for you to check it out for me... 😂🤣😂🤣

J🌠

[StacyHayward in reply to Jesmcd2]

Well, if I knew how I would!

[RoseySawyer]

I love the library! 😊Thank you, I will certainly check these books out.

[erash]

@stacyhayward and all

I like the Nest.

I'm currently reading Every Note Played (Lisa Genova) about a man succumbing to ALS. As I read, I'm thinking about which is worse, knowing the trajectory of your disease --progressive paralysis like ALS or the unknown course of MS that can vary moment to moment? Undoubtedly, ALS is worse.

Genova is a neuroscientist who writes fiction about neurological diseases (Still Alice, Left Neglected, The O Briens about Alzheimer's, TBI, Huntingtons respectively.)

I love all of her books and think I will write her and suggest for her to consider a character with MS in her next novel.

[StacyHayward in reply to erash]

I loved Still Alice! And The Nest was good, but I wouldn’t read it if newly diagnosed. I’m 18 years into the MS game so I can easily separate myself from how MS is portrayed for others.

[erash in reply to StacyHayward]

@stacyhaward

Interesting, I hadn't thought about that but good point!