Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope

In an extension of his New York Times bestselling book Blindsided, author Richard M. Cohen depicts one year in the lives of five individuals who are living with serious chronic illness and of their families. These "citizens of sickness," as Cohen calls them, were selected for the diversity of their ages, races, socioeconomic positions, illness types, stages of wellness, and gender. Cohen profiles:



-Denise, a woman with ALS, from suburban Los Angeles, California



-Buzz, a man with non-Hodgkin's...