This beautiful book combines the talents of a husband-and-wife team, blending witty, readable verse with fluent narrative passages and exquisite pen-and-ink drawings to tell the story of the author's struggles with two of the most prevalent diseases of our time, Parkinson's and skin cancer. From the original diagnosis of each ailment, the author recorded many of the events and his reaction to them in scraps of verse which he has subsequently rounded out into a compelling narrative and commentary. The poems are easy to read and preserve the stark reality of the situation while being generously laced with humor. The text is enlivened by a set of delightful drawings of flowers, each of which has some connection in folk- lore with the events described: these drawings are the work of the author's wife who also painted the frieze of irises which forms the basis for the tasteful and attractive cover.
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...Edey captured his struggles and triumphs in couplets and phrasaes jotted onnotepads and spare pieeces of paper. in spite of the almost incidental way his work began, Edey said each poem evolved through careful effort... -- Sequim Gazette
...here's a colection of immensely clever verse on none other than the simultaneous occurrence of Parkinson's Disease and melanoma on the face. The author .. never gives in to this double curse, instead we take part in his journey through life-threatening illnesses with a bright and clear wit. -- M.D.Crim MD for Jnl of bd of Fam prct
Many of the poems are droll on the surface but packed with feeling underneath. A second or third reading reveals the hidden elements. -- Sequim Gazette - March 29, 2000
...here's a colection of immensely clever verse on none other than the simultaneous occurrence of Parkinson's Disease and melanoma on the face. The author .. never gives in to this double curse, instead we take part in his journey through life-threatening illnesses with a bright and clear wit. -- M.D.Crim MD for Jnl of bd of Fam prct
Many of the poems are droll on the surface but packed with feeling underneath. A second or third reading reveals the hidden elements. -- Sequim Gazette - March 29, 2000
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Life Lines is a book of many facets - it is based on real exposure to debilitating and fatal diseases but is entirely positive and very funny; you can browse in it like an anthology or read it right through like the story it is; just be prepared to both laugh and cry. Above all - it is very easy reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Refreshing and uplifting,
By G. Sideman (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life Lines - a patient's perspective in humorous verse on life with Parkinson's Disease and Cancer (Paperback)
Life Lines was meant as a double-entendre by Edey -- "life lines" as throwing them out to save someone drowning in adversity, and lines by the words used by this man who charismatically wrote about his experiences in being treated for skin cancer and Parkinson's Disease. We've heard actor Michael J. Fox talk publicly about his life with PD, and like Fox, Edey provides a service to those who read his words. In Life Lines, Edey takes a "that's life" attitude with his health issues, and makes us chuckle in the face of reality.
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Poetry as unique as it is memorable.,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life Lines - a patient's perspective in humorous verse on life with Parkinson's Disease and Cancer (Paperback)
In Life Lines, Anthony Edey draws upon his experiences with Parkinson's Disease and Cancer to craft a poetry which is both serious and hilarious at the same time. Enhanced with line drawn illustrations by Iris Edey and a section of black & white photographs, the poetry comprising this slender volume is as unique as it is memorable. The Final Cure: I hear that I ought to tart smoking,/Just try a medicinal pack./Inhale all the nice levadopa/My little gray cells seem to lack.//I hear that the feeling-good factor/Is just what I'm missing of late./A packet of Gaulloise should fix it,/I'd happily asphyxiate.//It's really a strange contradiction/That smoking could see this thing off./Instead of a long life of shaking/I'd die nice and slow of a cough!//On balance it seems quite apparent,/The treatment is worse than the cure./Through Parkinson's may not be perfect,/It's better than smoking, for sure.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hope for all,
By Chris O'Grady (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life Lines - a patient's perspective in humorous verse on life with Parkinson's Disease and Cancer (Paperback)
We think that the book is a real light that shines on the fundamental questions of life that many of us manage to ignore.Life Lines, especially the poem about Sam, made us think again about what is important in our own lives.
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