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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:15 am | |
| This story is not just about a person dealing with Parkinson’s disease, but also about the problems of receiving proper diagnosis and treatment. It is a human-interest story about a very special person, Alice Crooker. Her wit provides much humor in how she deals with other people’s reaction to her problems. The doctors who treat her are not spared from her feisty manner.
It is also a story about her childhood and dealing with mental problems. Alice is a person who seeks truth in all that she does. Her faith continues to sustain her. |
| | | Dick Stodghill Five Star Member
Number of posts : 3795 Registration date : 2008-05-04 Age : 98 Location : Akron, Ohio
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:56 pm | |
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| | | Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:05 pm | |
| Here's mine:
Alice Crooker doesn't like eating peas, taking pills and having Parkinson's disease, but she does like being a parent, climbing peaks and talking to people. When you read this book, you will feel as though Alice is talking to you. As you read, you will be inspired, entertained and amused but, most of all, thankful. Not everyone suffers from Parkinson's and, for that, we should all be thankful.
Peas, Pills and Parkinson's is a snapshot of Alice's life from childhood to adulthood -- a life that, in many ways, prepared Alice for the catastrophic effect that a debilitating, neurological disease can have.
Throughout the book, Alice never loses her sense of fun and ability to see the positive side of life. As she writes, her wacky sense of humor fills the pages and, when she says, "We laughed ourselves silly over absolutely nothing," you can believe it.
I was thoroughly entertained from start to finish: through the laughter and the tears but, mostly, by Alice's abiding love. Thank you Alice. |
| | | Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:53 pm | |
| Shelagh, a superior review. You filled in the gaps. As you mentioned, it was like she was talking to you. I got a sense of the real Alice. Her problems with medication and the side effects explains much. |
| | | zadaconnaway Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4017 Registration date : 2008-01-16 Age : 76 Location : Washington, USA
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Wed May 13, 2009 10:38 pm | |
| This is what I posted to 'Good Reads': In this book, Mrs. Crooker deals more with other's actions and reactions than she does with her disease. Her wit, humor and faith are what pull her through the ongoing ordeal. You will find no self pity here, and will find yourself laughing at the solutions that pop up even while feeling some of her painful memories. I found the book entertaining and well written. |
| | | Sue Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1216 Registration date : 2008-01-15
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Thu May 14, 2009 9:00 am | |
| I loved the reviews almost as much as I loved the book. I am not good at reviewing. That is why I haven't done one. Once I started I couldn't put it down. It grabbed me and wouldn't let me go. |
| | | alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Mon May 25, 2009 11:23 am | |
| Thank you all for your most gracious words. |
| | | Carol Troestler Five Star Member
Number of posts : 3827 Registration date : 2008-06-07 Age : 86 Location : Wisconsin
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:14 am | |
| I began Peas, "Pills" and Parkinson's, by Alice Crooker in an airport, and finished it on the airplane before I arrived at my destination. The problem was that I had to control my laughter and my tears on the plane, and that is difficult while reading this book. Alice is an excellent writer. Her writing is well-organized and flowing. The stories are not only about Alice having Parkinson's, but also the other challenges and wonders of her life. She climbed mountains, loved her family of childhood and the challenges they brought her, and fell in love with her "faithful, level headed husband, Dave." She says at his retirement party she was thrilled to see how so many others admired him!
Although as a child her family had difficulty even getting water, she looked on her childhood as a good one. Her mother and father were very interesting people, to say the least, and her descriptions of them were so good I felt I had met them. The struggles have been there in Alice's life, but she has met them assertively with humor and never given up on others or her own health problems. In her final chapter, "Odds and Ends," facing some additional medical problems she writes that she and her husband took a trip and "proceeded to laugh themselves silly over absolutely nothing."
Although Alice's life had difficulties, she never lost her sense of humor or her gratitude to God and her family. She says, "Parkinson's is not good, but God truly is." She says, "all he needs to hear from you and from me are the words, "Dear Lord, please take me in your arms and help me." This is an outstanding book of real life experiences met with determination and hope. I loved this book. |
| | | alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:20 am | |
| Marie and Carol,
Thank you. |
| | | Carol Troestler Five Star Member
Number of posts : 3827 Registration date : 2008-06-07 Age : 86 Location : Wisconsin
| Subject: Re: Review of Peas, "Pills," and Parkinson's Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:38 pm | |
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