Elizabeth Edwards - new book ~ "Resilience"

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coonie
coonie Member Posts: 7,618
edited June 2014 in Recommend Your Resources

I just finished Elizabeth Edwards most recent book "Resilience" and really enjoyed it. It doesn't take long to read.

It doesn't matter your political party affiliation, whether you're religious or not, etc......she writes from her heart about the life she's lived, fighting cancer, the death of her son, and her most recent "incident" regarding her husband's indiscretions.

In my opinion, it was a good book. Although I can't relate to the death of a child or the other problems she's had, I CAN relate to her having breast cancer.

The book just made me realize (again) that there ARE others experiencing a more difficult life than some. So.....if you ladies want a quick and easy read, you might want to pick it up.

((((((((((((((((((((((Gentle Hugs to all of you))))))))))))))))

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  • dreaming
    dreaming Member Posts: 473
    edited August 2009

    I can not understand that a Mrs. Edwards or Mrs. Clinton, educated, with money that stay with unfaithful husbands that humiliated them to the world, and in Mrs Edwards case the husband was as low as dirt.

    Many  of us  we rather eat dirt than lose our dignity , the excuse to be "for the children" do not work children know and do not like to be the excuse for the mother to be mistreated, because this "powerful"men are abusers like the formers,Governor of New Jersey, New York, etc,etc.

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited August 2009
    dreaming -- with all due respect, there are as many reasons for staying married  as there are for getting married (or not) -- and they are all individual and private.  I haven't read Mrs. Edwards' book yet.  Whether she chose to write it to earn some income, or simply to say "Hey, these crummy things have happened to me, and I'm getting through it" (hence the title), none of it matters, really......I saw her interviewed on tv last week and thought that she's probably been saying to herself "Don't let the turkeys get you down".  Good for her!!!
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  • jillyG
    jillyG Member Posts: 401
    edited August 2009

    I read the book and absolutely loved it.  I cried pretty much the whole way through, but thouroughly enjoyed it.  I am Canadian so I couldn't care less who her husband is, but I identified with her on so many levels.  When you go through the loss of your child, and you are battling stage 4 breast cancer, your husbands affair kind of gets overshadowed by all the other things you are facing.  She is extrememly brave and smart and not some lady who is a stand by your man kind of gal, she is thoughtful and eloquent and has earned my respect through and through.  Until you've walked a mile in her shoes, nobody should judge. 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2009

    Dreaming, I never understood how those women stayed with husbands who had humiliated them publicly like that until it happened to a close friend.  I've watched her agonize through the process of trying to figure out what to do. It's been years, and while things will never go back to where they were, they are making it work, because that was, and continues to be the best choice for their family, including her.

    I'm sure that Elizabeth Edwards is handling the situation in what she believes is the best way for her family right now.  That could always change in the future if the situation changes.

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  • rreynolds1
    rreynolds1 Member Posts: 450
    edited September 2009

    Hi Everyone,

    At first, I thought she was crazy to stay with her husband.  Then, I saw her interviewed on Oprah and staying made sense.  Going through her health issues has been difficult to say the least.  She did not want to add adjusting to a seperation for herself or her children with her uncertain future.  I imagine she wants to focus on the present and take care of herself and her children in the comfort of her familiar surroundings.  I wish her the best.

    Roseann

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  • holligoog
    holligoog Member Posts: 75
    edited November 2009

    I sat across from her in the Onocologist office at UNC. I am divorced and have often felt alone on this journey and sit alone in the waiting room. Oddly enough, she sat alone also (probably her own choice). In some respects we all feel alone in this battle deep down inside. Nobody can really understand it unless it is happening to you - just as Elizabeth's situation. The book is great!

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited November 2009

    Does she have lymphedema?  I thought I read that somewhere.  Is it mentioned in her book at all?

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  • motheroffoursons
    motheroffoursons Member Posts: 333
    edited November 2009

    I understand Elizabeth Edwards and some of the other women.  Do you know how divorce impacts children, especially teenage sons?  The studies are frightening.

    I would not less a jerk of a husband destroy my children.  I would put up with the jerk to protect the children until they are through the minefield of teenage years.  Then I might shoot him.Wink

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