![]() ![]() ![]() “My diagnosis had been discussed in almost every major medical journal,” she tells us with an air of pride and exhausted wonder, “including the New England Journal of Medicine, and The New York Times.” One thing you don’t want to be to your doctor is “an interesting case.” Susannah Cahalan had the bad luck of being a unique and baffling one: profoundly sick, deteriorating with dangerous speed, yet her MRIs, brain scans and blood tests were normal. But what hard-won nugget of wisdom has she brought back from her brief descent into a hell that most of us, for now, have been lucky enough to avoid? Can she give her ordeal meaning beyond the brute fact of the thing itself? ![]() There is little suspense: the existence of the memoir is testament to the fact that the author has lived to tell the tale. Severe illness, by its nature, narrows the focus the palette of experience both intensifies and shrinks we crawl into the bush, figuratively speaking, and wait out our fate, fighting to survive. ![]() The reader’s resistance to these stories can be strong. From a literary point of view, everything depends on the sensibility of the narrator, her comportment both as the teller and as the main character in her own tale. In the vast and growing literature of affliction there is essentially one story: how the writer and her loved ones made it through. ![]()
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![]() * "Albie comes through significant emotional hardship to a genuine sense of self-worth."- School Library Journal, starred review Great for fans of Rebecca Stead's Liar and Spy, RJ Palacio's Wonder and Cynthia Lord's Rules. But then Albie gets a new babysitter, Calista, who helps him figure out all of the things he is good at and how he can take pride in himself.Ī perfect companion to Lisa Graff's National Book Award-nominated A Tangle of Knots, this novel explores a similar theme in a realistic contemporary world where kids will easily be able to relate their own struggles to Albie's. In fact, Albie has a long list of the things he's not very good at. From the author of the National Book Award nominee A Tangle of Knots comes an inspiring novel about figuring out who you are and doing what you love.Īlbie has never been the smartest kid in his class. ![]() ![]() You need to make your money work for you. But your salary doesn’t matter if you spend everything you have.Īt the same time, Kiyosaki believes you can’t reach financial independence simply by working hard and saving. The argument goes that yes, you’re more likely to be financially independent if you make six figures than if you make minimum wage for your whole life. This is an idea you will hear from other financial experts, too, like Chris Hogan. Some other advice from Kiyosaki is that it doesn’t matter how much money you earn. ![]() In a 2010 Facebook post, he wrote: “I don’t believe in flipping real estate properties…I look at properties for the cash flow.” Since the housing crash, Kiyosaki has repudiated this money-making practice. On the internet, you can find his articles and videos about house-flipping. Specifically, he recommends real estate assets. You get rich from owning assets that pull in passive income – and scaling up. You can’t get rich from a paycheck, he argues. ![]() ![]() And in his hierarchy, employees are at the bottom. public school system teaches kids to be employees, not entrepreneurs. In “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” one of Kiyosaki’s main points is that the U.S. ![]() Top Financial Advice From Robert Kiyosaki ![]() ![]() Pre-order a copy of Captian America: The Ghost Army: $14.99 You must purchase a book in order to enter the signing line ![]() See below for more details on how you can sign up to accept your mission and save Decatur with your bookishness!!Īdmission: $0 That's right, admission is free! However, you still need to "purchase" a ticket for every person in your group (ex: a family of four needs four tickets) Join us for a night of superheroes, costumes, trivia, and books with Alan Gratz, Brent Schoonover, and Preeti Chhibber! About this EventīOOK LOVERS ASSEMBLE!!! Little Shop and GA Center for the Book need YOU to come save the day at our event with Alan Gratz on January 9th at 7:00PM! Your mission: dress up as your favorite superhero for our costume contest, bring in your beautiful fanart for Little Shop to display around the library, participate in Marvel trivia, and (most crucial of all) listen to Alan Gratz and Brent Schoonover talk about their new graphic novel, Captain America: The Ghost Army with fellow author Preeti Chhibber. ![]() |