Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (705 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0805050671 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly While some adaptations from theater go limp as prose, Handler has expanded his off-Broadway play about surviving leukemia into a captivating memoir. Readers will be appalled at instances of the often substandard medical treatment he receives and spellbound by his attempts to monitor his recovery. He provides gimlet-eyed portraits of an often uncaring (yet sometimes deeply loving) medical world and the ugly procedures he must undergo. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Laced with anger, punctuated by humor and fueled by his indomitable will to survive, Handler's story is entertaining, harrowing and ennobling. Author tour. To survive, Handler learned "opportunistic optimism," drawing on inspirational literature, even consulting a psychic, all the while aided by his girlfriend, Jackie. A successful actor, at 24 he was forced to face his mortality. He can find humor in retelling his predicament?as in describing hospital sex?while his accounts of the ment
riveting, honest, intellegent 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. Time for my Annual Reading of this book Amazon Customer Once a year, I revisit this story, as every nurse and physician should. Take an active role in your treatment, and be an informed consumerthese 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.. Compelling, insightful, exceptionally well-written Francesca75 This is an altogether extraordinary book on so many levels. It's exceptionally well-written: I read it one short segment at a time because there was so much to absorb and each section was so satisfying. This guy is brutally honest about himself, human nature and the medical system. But more than that, he takes us on a compelling roller coaster ride through all the most challenging areas of life, love, eg
Evan Handler has played leading roles in seven broadway productions. This book is based on his hit off-Broadway play, which THE NEW YORK TIMES called "laceratingly funny and self-revealing.".. From the moment a doctor who looks like Richard Nixon informs him he has leukemia, Evan Handler sweeps us into the experience of his illness--and recovery--spinning a delicate balance of humor and wisdom, anger and hope, that redefines the literature on facing adversity