
How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick
Title: How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick Author: Letty Cottin Pogrebin ISBN: 9781610392839 Publisher: PublicAffairs Published: 2013 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. A 1673400 Publisher Description: Everyone knows someone who's sick or suffering. Yet when a friend or relative is under duress many of us feel uncertain about how to cope. Throughout her recent bout with breast cancer, Letty Cottin Pogrebin became fascinated by her friends' and family's diverse reactions to her and her illness: how awkwardly some of them behaved; how some misspoke or misinterpreted her needs; and how wonderful it was when people read her right. She began talking to her fellow patients and dozens of other veterans of serious i