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Stephen’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Stephen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Stephen Fried
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What they're saying about PROFILES IN MENTAL HEALTH COURAGE!
Profiles in Mental Health Courage “An insightful, compelling book … that could alter perception of addiction, mental health and treatment in the U.S. … heartbreaking and inspiring.”
—Kirkus https://www.kirkusreviews.com/.../pro...
“A heartrending portrait of mental illness and substance abuse disorder in America… [Patrick J. Kennedy and Stephen Fried] fulfill their mission to improve visibility fo Read more of this blog post »
—Kirkus https://www.kirkusreviews.com/.../pro...
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Stephen’s Recent Updates
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Stephen
voted for
The Wives: A Memoir
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Readers' Favorite Memoir
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Opening Round
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2024 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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Rachael Pawlak's review
of
Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time:
"One of my weird obsessions…"
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thank you so much, Jan!
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"Although the subject matter is heavy, I have to give a 5 star rating. Mental health isn't easily talked about, and even today there can be a stigma or fear of a stigma if you are trying to keep problems under wraps.
Kennedy took the title from his unc" Read more of this review » |
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"I picked up this book because I had read the earlier book by Patrick Kennedy, which I found honest and revealing, and because I wanted to follow his work. Also, I need to learn more about mental health, and this was one way to do it. The book, as the"
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thanks so much for these kind words about our book. means a lot.
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Stephen
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“Life & Death
energy & Peace
if I stoped today
it was fun
Even the terrible pains that have burn me & scarred my soul it was worth it for having been allowed to walked where I've walked. Which was to hell on earth Heaven on earth, back again, into, under far in between, through it, in it over it and above it.”
― Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia
energy & Peace
if I stoped today
it was fun
Even the terrible pains that have burn me & scarred my soul it was worth it for having been allowed to walked where I've walked. Which was to hell on earth Heaven on earth, back again, into, under far in between, through it, in it over it and above it.”
― Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia
“here we are, without our families, totally out of our heads, and we don’t know where on earth we are. That was the feeling of the early seventies—nobody knew where they were.”
― Thing of Beauty
― Thing of Beauty
“Invoking the story of David, Davies implored his students to “imbibe and cherish a public spirit. Serve your generation. Live not for your selves, but the public. Be the servants of the Church; the servants of your Country; the servants of all.” He exhorted them to “esteem yourselves” not by how much “more happy, honourable and important” you can become but by how much “more useful you are!”
― Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
― Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| The History Book ...: GLOSSARY - HANNS AND RUDOLF - (Spoiler Thread) | 87 | 171 | Mar 29, 2019 10:07AM | |
| Play Book Tag: * Time to Vote for the Top 10 PBT Books for 2019 . . .and the Decade! | 152 | 73 | Jan 15, 2020 10:52PM | |
| The Reading Chall...: New to You in 2020 | 51 | 140 | Oct 11, 2020 06:56AM | |
| Book Riot's Read ...: Task #13: Read a food book about a cuisine you’ve never tried before | 147 | 1740 | Dec 10, 2020 04:10PM | |
| The Reading Chall...: Mt TBR | 65 | 136 | Dec 27, 2020 12:22PM | |
The Procrastinato...:
Team 1 - The Passionate Pac-Man Perfectionists
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222 | 85 | Aug 02, 2021 07:05AM | |
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The Seasonal Read...:
Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
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3383 | 279 | Aug 31, 2021 09:00PM | |
| Play Book Tag: 15 Books for 15 Years List | 153 | 71 | Sep 07, 2023 04:11AM | |
| Play Book Tag: Tipping Theresa's TBR Towers | 77 | 49 | Dec 17, 2023 09:59PM | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: 2020 A-Z Authors | 145 | 88 | Feb 19, 2024 09:18PM |
