The Road to Randado

Book Description

A narrative history of former Texas Ranger Pell Harbison and his pioneer ancestors, from Samuel Harbison's arrival in America in 1789 to Pell Harbison's death in 1956. Colorful people, notable times. Bibliography, photographs, index, Harbison and Pelton genealogies.

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A slice of Texas lore . . ........2005-04-19

. . . and so much more. THE ROAD TO RANDADO is a delightful read. Clearly a storyteller first, Ida Harbison Luttrell has also delivered herself of a well-crafted biography. THE ROAD TO RANDADO chronicles the life and times of the author's forebears, colorful characters who weathered early Texas with the grit you'd expect from a family that produced a Texas Ranger-Pell Harbison, the central character and the author's grandfather.

As an accomplished author of fiction, mostly children's books, Luttrell is skilled in holding readers' interest, a talent that serves her well in this book, elevating what might otherwise be considered an everyday family memoir to compelling narrative nonfiction.

THE ROAD TO RANDADO is an obvious labor of love, seasoned with news accounts, journals, receipts, tombstone engravings and myriad other sources, and told with Luttrell's fun and sometimes droll style of humor. Answering a call involving "insanity and witchcraft," Ranger Harbison "got in his car and rushed to the crime scene." What might've been a quirky encounter turns dark as he discovers a bloody scene and a killer on the loose. In a lighter passage, Luttrell writes of the Ranger's wife, a faithful woman who "gave up on ever getting him inside a church." Among her husband's arguments: "When we got married that made us one. I don't have to go to no church to get to Heaven. When I die, I'll just go where you go."

This book is meticulously researched, the anecdotes selected and arranged in a way that brings the characters and the story to life, rather than weighting it with footnotes and other fact sandbags. While indexed, the book is more story than genealogy, and the author manages to frame 200 years of history in as many pages. Another fine title from Panther Creek Press, THE ROAD TO RANDADO is a handsome volume replete with an impressive collection of high-quality photos, in sepia and in color.

Anyone who appreciates family and the struggle to survive or remembers what "an honest day's work" used to mean and is familiar with the Texan's near-religious commitment to land, will enjoy this book from the first page to the last. In fact, Luttrell rewards readers with a poignant ending, beautifully written and reminiscent of Miss O'Hara's tearful recognition of the meaning of "Tara." The final "terra" scene in Luttrell's small-scale epic is no less moving, the kind of ending that can at once bring a tear to the eye and a smile of satisfaction to the face, in quiet understanding that here was a life well-lived: "He was buried in Greenhill Cemetery where coyotes lope among the headstones at night and mockingbirds sing by day. A fitting place for an old Texan so close to the land."

And here is a book well-written, its characters and its author testament to the rich talents of this Texas ranching family.

Genealogical Triumph!.......2004-09-09

What a fine way to be entertained and to learn history at the same time. Ida Luttrell gives personality and depth to her forebears and makes their 200 year progress from New York to Texas both heart-warming and heart-aching. Obviously the result of careful research and great story-telling, this is genealogy at its best.

THE ROAD TO RANDADO - FORMER TEXAS RANGER PELL HARBISON

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THE ROAD TO RANDADO - FORMER TEXAS RANGER PELL HARBISON

Manufacturer: Panther Creek
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HFDK8W

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THE ROAD TO RANDADO - FORMER TEXAS RANGER PELL HARBISON

Manufacturer: Panther Creek
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HFFOXG

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THE ROAD TO RANDADO - FORMER TEXAS RANGER PELL HARBISON

Manufacturer: Panther Creek
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HF9A5O

Book Description

Women have always been healers; they have helped each other through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illnesses and injuries. This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the "core" professions of mid-wifery, nursing, and medicine (exclusive of psychiatry), and whose careers were primarily spent in the United States and Canada, from colonial times to the present. For the high school or college student, it will serve as an introduction to the lives of these healers; some students may be inspired to do further research on them or may be inspired to become healers themselves. Women's Studies scholars, biographers, and historians of science, medicine, or nursing, will find the biographies useful starting points for more in-depth research. Each biography provides references for further reading and study.

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Interesting, but draw your own conclusions

pleased

From a middle school principal...

I know how it is,

Not as I was expecting

Not Much Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
Linda Perlstein
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Suddenly they go from striving for A’s to barely passing, from fretting about cooties to obsessing for hours about crushes. Former chatterboxes answer in monosyllables; freethinkers mimic everything from clothes to opinions. Their bodies and psyches morph through the most radical changes since infancy. They are kids in the middle-school years, the age every adult remembers well enough to dread.

Here at last is an up-to-date anthropology of this critically formative period. Prize-winning education reporter Linda Perlstein spent a year immersed in the lunchroom, classrooms, hearts, and minds of a group of suburban Maryland middle schoolers and emerged with this pathbreaking account. Perlstein reveals what’s really going on under kids’ don’t-touch-me facade while they grapple with schoolwork, puberty, romance, and identity. A must-read for parents and educators, Not Much Just Chillin’ offers a trail map to the baffling no-man’s-land between child and teen.

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Interesting, but draw your own conclusions.......2007-05-06

This is a thoroughly researched book at one middle school. Be careful taking the insights as generalizations. It uses good stories and provides lots of information, but makes no judgments or suggestions as to how to help your middle school student or what works with them. It also seems almost dated in reference to technology since it has already progressed to the point where most middle schoolers have cell phones, text messaging, email, etc. On the positive side, the study into relationships between parents and middle schoolers and friends is thought-provoking.

pleased.......2005-09-07

I am very pleased with this purchase. It was just the book I needed to add to my collection of middle school literature.

From a middle school principal..........2005-02-17

I heard Linda speak at the National Middle School Convention in 2003. During her presentation, she used quotes from this text. I was so intrigued, I purchased the book that day and read it in its entirety throughout the following days.
Reading this took me back to my time as a 'junior high' student. The feelings came rushing back and that experience has changed many of the ways I deal with my middle school students each and every day. I recommend this to my teachers as it provides a unique, humorous and sometimes touching insight into the 'tweenagers' we encounter.
The book is well written and kept a reluctant reader VERY interested. I highly recommend this book to middle school teachers and parents of middle-aged children.

I know how it is,.......2005-01-22

First of all, everyone that says this book isn't accurate is retarded. I go to WSMS and this book is so right it's like it was written by an eighth grader. She does a great job, perhaps you people don't have the insight to realise this book goes deeper. This book even helped me understand myself, I recommend it to girls and boys my age (eighth grade) who are looking to see through the eyes of another. It's hard being who we are, and this kinda makes it easier. :)

Not as I was expecting.......2004-12-29

I suppose I was looking for a "how to deal with it" from an someone educated in the field. This was more like a "here's what happened in this school" book. I was left saying to myself, "That's what happened in that school then. What about what is happening in schools in other regions of the country (which makes a huge difference), and how does a parent successfully respond to the changes and conflicts that my kid is going through?" Some of the story lines were interesting, but did not help me at all. I regret buying the book.

Not Much Just Chillin' : The Hidden Lives Of Middle Schoolers

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Not Much Just Chillin' : The Hidden Lives Of Middle Schoolers
Linda Perlstein
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OVGA90

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pretty good recipes

I'm the picky eater, not my kids...

One of the Few Cookbooks I Actually Use...

Single Dad says: BUY IT!!!

Why?

One Bite Won't Kill You
Ann Hodgman
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Tired of arguing over every last nibble? Comfortable with loading your cupboards with cream of mushroom soup and boxed muffin mix? This hilarious book could be the answer you've been looking for. Filled with tasty comfort food that's sure to delight folks of all ages, One Bite Won't Kill You reminds parents of the sure-fire tool for dealing with those advanced picky eaters: a sense of humor. Author Ann Hodgman, a former food editor from Spy magazine, is also the mother of two finicky eaters. Most of the recipes are fairly simple, and often rely on canned sauces and soups for key ingredients. Each recipe begins with a short tale of how the recipe came about, and the pages are filled with hilarious moments in the lives of picky eaters of all ages. The recipes have names like Taco Thing and Mud Puddle Cake and many are easy enough for older kids to tackle themselves. While this friendly, funny book is smart enough to make no promises about ending fussy eating permanently, it does a great job providing kid-tested edibles and adult-endorsed reminders that meals don't need to become battlegrounds. --Jill Lightner
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The toughest challenge many cooks face each day is feeding their own children. By her own admission, the writer and humorist Ann Hodgman's kids are the worst eaters in the world, and if she finds something one likes, the other inevitably hates it. Now, for all similarly beleaguered parents, Hodgman brings together more than two hundred recipes that everyone in the family can agree on, like Nonthreatening Cheese Fondue, Taco Bake, and Roast Pork Loin with Apple Crust, many of them gathered from fellow parents. ONE BITE WON'T KILL YOU also includes: menus for holiday meals, recipes for birthday parties, suggestions for in-flight and car-trip snacks, sections on feeding toddlers, preschoolers, elementary school kids, and adolescents. With hundreds of tips and anecdotes from other parents, ONE BITE WON'T KILL YOU makes the task of feeding kids not only a little easier, but also a whole lot more fun.
Customer Reviews:

pretty good recipes.......2007-02-10
My daughters enjoyed some of the recipes in this cookbook, so it was a worthwhile purchase...
I'm the picky eater, not my kids..........2006-04-20
Yes, when I bought this cookbook years ago, I was the picky eater, not my kids. I was also a fearful cook in the kitchen, not feeling at all confident I could cook something that didn't involve the car and a drive through window.

Like another reviewer said, this is one of the few cookbooks I actually use. I don't have 200 cookbooks...just a few dozen now. And this is the one I most often use.

We tried Paul's Pot Roast last night and everyone except my 4 year old daughter loved it. My 13 year old, who has gone on record to say that the Honey Baked Curry Chicken is Not His Favorite, raved about the pot roast and said we could eat it every night. Which is good because we had enough left over to eat for the next three nights. I'm going to freeze the abundant leftover sauce to flavor some of the chuck and round steaks we have frozen, for some future dinner.

My 13 year old probably doesn't like the Honey Baked Curry Chicken because it is my flat out favorite, and I make it at least once a month, usually with increasing amounts of curry. Paired with Basmati rice, it's heaven. I don't like leftovers, but with the curry chicken, I always make more than we can eat. I shred the leftovers in my foodprocessor, mix with mayo and more curry to make a delicious chicken curry spread. On a nice firm bread, it makes the best sandwiches. I usually make it for baby showers, teas, and the like and always get requests for the recipe.

This is one of my most favorite cookbooks. Most of the recipes I've tried have been very good, and generally, all of them have been easy to make. The humor, tastiness of the recipes and ease of cooking made this the book that helped me feel confident in the kitchen. Thanks Ann!!

One of the Few Cookbooks I Actually Use..........2005-12-23
I own over 200 cookbooks, and cook regularly from 2 or 3. This is one of them. Why? Well, first off, everything I've tried has been Delicious(!). Almost too tasty for kids. ;) I just finished making the Mud Puddle Cake and it is very yummy (probably won't last the night in our house)... even though there are no eggs or butter in the cake. (Rare in this book!) For those who comment on the unhealthiness of the recipes, if your family's alternative is take-out than these probably are more healthful. You can also tweak some of them to make them slightly more virtuous. The oven fried chicken was incredible... and I was able to 1/2 the butter content with no issues. Cinnamon Twisties can be made with low-fat cream cheese and nobody will be the wiser. The beef stew is fab as is.

Even if you don't like to cook, the book is terribly entertaining to read.

I use this more than "Beat This" and "Beat That" probably because of how it is organized. Much easier to go through a bunch of breakfast dishes than fish them out from an alphabetical list of all recipes.
Single Dad says: BUY IT!!!.......2005-03-28
The kids may or may not see fit to eat the meals you prepare from this book, but it's a hoot to leaf through it and read Ms. Hodgman's comments and tales of trying to get the little ones to EAT something other than chocolate! I thought some of the recipes sounded like non-starters as far as my own kids went, but most of them are worth making at least once, and who knows? You might actually find something that appeals to your own fussy eaters!
Why?.......2004-12-16
I recently purchased 'One Bite Won't Kill You' by Ann Hodgman, and while her wit has me laughing out loud, and the recipes sound great, why must she use the expression "godd**n" (twice) in the introduction. Personally I find it offensive and in poor taste. Kind of ruins, for me anyway, what otherwise looks like a book I could definitely use with my finicky four year old.

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Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare, Part 2
James O. Halliwell-Phillipps
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0766135918

Book Description
1889. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766128229. Volume 2 of 2. A collection of fragments relative to the life and personal history of Shakespeare, including illustrations and sketches. From a period when the biography of a poet was of no interest to the world and his works were of no consequence. A book to quaff the desire to penetrate the mystery which surrounds the personal history of Shakespeare.

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How to choose, set up and tune your machines for safety....

gain the confidence to master your woodworking machines

Mastering Woodworking Machines (Fine Woodworking Book)
Mark Duginske
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Release Date: 1992-04-01

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How to choose, set up and tune your machines for safety...........2002-01-02
,precision and efficiency. If you have invested in woodworking machines, you want and need to get the most out of them. In Mastering Woodworking Machines, Mark Duginske shows you how to choose, set up, and tune your machine for safety, precision, and efficiency. His common-sense techniques will help you avoid frustrating mistakes and put you in complete control of your woodworking projects.
Duginske's systematic approach picks up where owner's manuals leave off, and it applies to all brands and makes of machinery. You'll also learn how to prepare stock effectively and how to produce the joints and cabinet parts you need without any expensive add-on jigs. Whatever you want to make in your shop, you'll work more efficiently with Duginske at your elbow. (As quoted form the FWW site).
gain the confidence to master your woodworking machines.......2001-02-28
This is a great book, that will help you learn how to tune up your woodworking machines. It is written with wit and some very dry (Wisconsin) humor. The entire book is very readable and informative on woodworking in general, and on tuning woodworking machines in particular.
I read the whole book, and used the information on tuning the table saw in great depth. I was able to take an old Taiwanese table saw that had serviceable tolerances, and tune it to maximum performance. Initially, I concentrated on measuring the run-out of the arbor to decide whether the machine was worth keeping at all. It was. A year later, after moving, I went back to this reference and found a problem with the trunion alignment. In so doing, I also found and fixed a potentially dangerous problem with the blade raising mechanism. Once identified, it was easily fixed, but I wouldn't have had the courage to look without the confidence inspired by the author's careful treatment. He made the process seem simple, and encouraged patience and perseverance in approaching the tune-up task.
All of this was very necessary in the case of my old saw.
The best sections, in my opinion, are the table saw and band saw, but he covers a number of machines, including the router, shaper, and jointer.

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Production of Landscape Plants
Carl E. Whitcomb
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Excellent guide

Plug & Transplant Production: A Grower's Guide
PhD, Roger C. Styer , and PhD, David S. Koranski
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A complete reference for beginning to experienced growers, this book contains everything needed to grow plugs and transplants. Covered topics include selecting structures, production systems, understanding seed physiology, and scheduling plugs.

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Excellent guide.......2000-07-02
An excellent guide to plug growers. Interesting reading, with information on media, water, ph, and focus in every stage of the plug developing. You can't grow plugs and not hear about this book.

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Reintegrating Fragmented Landscapes: Towards Sustainable Production and Nature Conservation
R. J. Hobbs
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The New Traditional Garden : A Practical Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Homes of All Ages
Michael Weishan , and Seth Godin Productions
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Author Michael Weishan is an expert in recreating gardens of early America; his mission is to resurrect the styles of the 18th and 19th century, when settlers in the New World were trying to distinguish their landscapes from the British style so beloved by gardeners today. This book is particularly targeted toward owners of Colonial- or Victorian-style homes, and the narration has a bit of a highbrow New England feel to it in lines like, "our founding fathers, men so dedicated to a controlled system of checks and balances that they fought and won a war to establish their principles, built gardens imbued with the same spirit." Weishan emphasizes "order and balance," and he wishes the '50s had never happened, with those boring perfect lawns and hardware-store perennials.
Throughout The New Traditional Garden there are evocative passages about locating the "ghosts" within the garden: covered-over plantings, perennials that have reappeared each spring for decades. "Be on the lookout for something old in the garden," Weishan writes. "You never know when it may teach you something new." For gardeners who find that working the soil is a nostalgic process that's as much about uncovering the past as creating a future, this is an expert guide. It includes an exhaustive historic plant list, dating the introduction of various species back to the 1700s. Weishan's ultimate goal is to remind us of early American attitudes of "stewardship," wherein we see ourselves as tenants of the land, caretakers, not tyrannical owners who must make our mark at any cost. --Emily White
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The unique combination of utility and beauty that has been the glory of the American garden for the past three hundred years is once again blooming, as home owners rediscover the magic of individual, homemade, horticultural splendor. Yes, the golden age of gardening is dawning, and much of the current enthusiasm for creating distinctive, unforgettable designs was spurred by nationally respected landscape architect and horticulturist Michael Weishan. His impeccable taste, common sense, and comprehensive knowledge of America's gardening history make him the ideal advisor for today's gardeners.

Respectful of the past and mindful of contemporary needs and lifestyles, Weishan lays down the underlying principles for creating--either from scratch or from the ghost of a lost garden--a domestic landscape with purpose and personality. He explains with utmost clarity how to

- Discover exactly which type and style of garden is right for you
- Analyze the archaeology of your old garden and recreate it from the past
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- Transform front, side, and back yards into one harmonious environment
- Lay out graceful walks and drives; rescue an orphaned front door
- Master the disciplined symmetry of a formal garden, the exuberance of a Victorian yard, or the charming randomness of a cottage garden
- Establish a mini-orchard featuring delicious rediscovered varieties of apples, peaches, cherries, and other fruits and berries

Lavishly designed with more than two hundred illustrations, The New Traditional Garden also includes a compendium of historic plants, detailed plans for great antique gardens, a directory of the most beautiful historic gardens in America, a comprehensive list of garden suppliers, and hundreds of other features to help you create a garden with elegance and character.

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Best management practices to reduce production of materials in landscape plantings
Janet Hartin
Manufacturer: California Environmental Protection Agency, Integrated Waste Management Board
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Container production and nursery evaluation of native herbaceous plants for landscaping and revegetation of disturbed sites (Technical note)
Maureen Cunningham
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Container production of palms (Circular)
Alan W Meerow
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Effects of fertilization practices during nursery production on mycorrhizal development by landscape plants used for highway revegetation: Interim report
Stephen D Verkade
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Landscape Plant Production Establishment and Maintenance
Carl E. Whitcomb
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Nursery production of landscape plants, 1979-April 1987: 164 citations (Quick bibliography series)
Jayne T MacLean
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terrible book - offensive and inaccurate

A Must Have

Facts regarding questions I had and anecdotes to consider

Scary and Depressing

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Multiple Sclerosis and Having a Baby: Everything You Need to Know about Conception, Pregnancy, and Parenthood
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An essential resource for anyone with MS who is considering having a child.Â

â€¢ Firsthand advice from a woman with multiple sclerosis who has successfullyÂ borne and raised a child.

â€¢ Contains information that can change the lives of many of the 250,000 women in the United States suffering from MS.

â€¢ Highly readable format puts the facts at your fingertips.Â

Diagnosed with MS at twenty-eight, author Judy Graham gave birth for the first time at the age of thirty-eight. Her new book Multiple Sclerosis and Having a BabyÂ provides other women who are considering starting a family with the kind of genuine and useful insight that comes only from firsthand experience. Multiple Sclerosis and Having a Baby makes available not only the medical answers prospective parents need, but also the practical suggestions and sound advice that will help them meet the many unique and sometimes difficult challenges that face couples living with MS.Â

In this highly informative and readable book, Graham asks and provides answers for nearly every question a woman with multiple sclerosis might want to consider before having a baby. With the latest medical facts and valuable data culled from hundreds of interviews with women who have multiple sclerosis and are currently raising a child, Graham straightforwardly addresses such issues as the possibility of relapse, genetic predisposition to MS, sexuality and fertility, pregnancy, postnatal care, and breastfeeding as they relate to women with MS.Â

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terrible book - offensive and inaccurate.......2005-10-14
This is the worst book I have ever read.

First of all, it bases its "findings" on academic studies that are out of date and contradictory. The book gives no "conclusions" about any topic, but instead presents every piece of research done. She includes research that was conducted before the medical community had a strong understanding of MS and research conducted even before disease modifying medications were developed. To make matters worse, the does nothing to summarize or explain the findings in a meaningful way.

Furthermore, the author's tone and language is incredibly offensive. She refers to people with multiple sclerosis as "disabled" throughout and even goes so far as to suggest that they are "deteriorating". In her relationships section of the book she says something to the extent that people with MS might not be able to find relationships, but don't worry because there are plenty of other disabled people longing for companionship. As if those with MS are unworthy of affection from someone without a chronic illness. Or, my personal favorite, she claims that MS can make existing relationships hard now that one person in the relationship is deteriorating. This kind of language is prevalent throughout the book.

Painfully brief excerpts from patient stories are included. It's nice to hear whether someone experienced a relapse after giving birth, for example, but you don't know anything else about them - how long had they had MS, what form of MS they have, how soon after birth did they return to medication, what did their relapse rate look like before becoming pregnant? Without any context, these tid-bits are useless. And the ones about bad experiences are particularly nerve wracking.

Overall, this book was not in the least bit informative, and does a lot to damage spirit and hope. I'd suggest that you save yourself the money and just have a good chat with your Neurologist and OBGYN.

A Must Have.......2005-09-21
I loved this book! I had 2 children before MS and was quite unsure about how MS would effect the entire process. This book answered all my questions, provided scientific data for both sides when there was something to think about, and was very encouraging while realistic.
Facts regarding questions I had and anecdotes to consider.......2005-03-18
This was very readable and offered clear and helpful statements of facts as known by medical literature from a few years ago. The anecdotes from various women helped me imagine what a particular result/situation would be like if I were faced with that, which was a helpful supplement to the statistics. Italso offers many practical tips, which while most of us know/may have read before regarding MS generally (keep cool) it was helpful to have them listed nonetheless. When I am in mother-martyr mode I will try to remember the recommendations to ask for help, accept help, and make time for yourself and to rest...and plan ahead for how to make these things possible. While it would be great if updated, it was still well worth buying and reading. I want to go into pregnancy having thought through as many issues as I can (or at least begun to think about them...), and this book helped me do that regarding having MS.
Scary and Depressing.......2004-03-24
I was thrilled to be pregnant and, having seen this book more than once, expected it to be helpful. While it can offer some useful information to those who do not have knowledge about their MS at this point, the rest, with comments added in by mothers, was just scary and depressing. One women even comments that if she had known how bad she was going to feel she would never have gotten pregnant! This is NOT a book for someone who is happy about their pregnancy and unwilling to let MS rule their lives. Women would be better off reading one of the other books on MS combined with a good pregnancy book. This book also chooses to follow alternative medicine, which can be disappointing for those of us looking for traditional medical advice. I would suggest pregnant women with MS find a good website for women with multiple sclerosis. There a person can get advice from the message boards and chats, places where people not only share information, but a general concern for ones feelings.
great book.......2003-11-24
First, let me say that the only reason I'm giving this 4 stars rather than 5 is because it's 4 yrs old now and with the pace of research & science, I think there may be additional info out there - it'd be great if this book were updated further. That said, this is a terrific book. Its no scarier (for me) than the newsletters that the MS Society sends out - those freak me out sometimes! This book definitely tells you what to watch out for and things to be aware of. I have a great docstor now who focuses on MS so I read through this book but then took some ofthe ideas/my questions to him because he really tells it to me straight and is current with what the findings are, what the real info is. So, this is a good book - but take it with a grain of salt and definitely bounce things around with a good MS doctor too. I wouldn't rely on this book as my sole source of info.
It does cover lots of different aspects. Here are the chapters:
- Will I get worse if I have a baby?
- Can you pass MS on to your child?
- Deciding whether to have a baby
- Can you stop yourself from getting worse?
- Relationships, Sexulaity and Fertility
- Pregnancy and prenatal care
- Effects of medications on MS
- Labor and Childbirth
- Breast-feeding
- Getting the help you need
- Fatigue, depression, and other invisible symptoms
- Having more children
- Adoption
- Single mothers
- Practical tips on looking after a child
- Older children
- Working for a living
- Fathers with MS
- Being a parent with MS
One note - there's a good chapter in here that I experienced recently - relatives and people who care about me saying "you can't have a baby, you have MS" and all sorts of gloom and doom stuff like "you'll be paralized, its not fair to the baby" (talk about misinformation!!) I've just decided not to talk about it with my relatives because their hearts are in the right place but they're so misinformed and they just won't listen. Anyway, there's a good section on dealing with people like that in the book - I guess its not unusual. I won't live in fear of the unknown.

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