Product Description:

'Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time,' writes Rachel Naomi Remen in her introduction to Kitchen Table Wisdom. 'It is the way wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us live a life worth remembering.' Remen, a physician, therapist, professor of medicine, and long-term survivor of chronic illness, is also a down-home storyteller. Reading this collection of real-life parables feels like a late-night kitchen session with a best friend, munching on leftovers while listening to the good-as-gossip stories of everyday heroes and archetype villains. Every story guides us like a life compass, showing us what's good and lasting about ourselves as well as humanity.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: 4.89 out of 5 stars

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- Beautifully written book of traditional wisdom and heart.
Dr. Rachel Remen's "Kitchen Table Wisdom" is a significant contribution to personal and societal well-being. Her stories recapture an important source of wisdom and simplicity. Dr. Remen stresses the importance of communication to individual and community health with a comfortable style and without sermon. Stories That Heal leaves a candle in the window for millions of isolated, lonely people. It gives the reader hope for healing an ailing society and it accomplishes this with ease and sincerity. This book is a must read - repeatedly.

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- Life affirming
I first read this book when it was given to me as a gift and again more recently as I went through a difficult time in my life. Both times I was struck by the true stories, beautifuly and simply related, that demonstrate over and over our own capacity to improve our lives and the lives of those around us. Dr. Remen's medical credentials combined with her own history as a patient give her a deep understanding of healing and disease from both sides. I would recommend this book especially to anyone who is suffering from a physical or emotional illness. But even more so, I recommend it to the doctors out there who realize that your patients are more than just a compilation of symptoms and who are looking for a better way to relate to them.

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- Stories that Heal
This beautiful, touching and life- altering book is without doubt one of the best books I've read. Dr.Remen captured my mind, heart and soul from the very first page. The stories she tells about herself, her patients, her family and friends are told with amazing honesty, beauty and grace. This book is about Life with all its different facets, phases and seasons. As a physician, reading this book has made a lot of impact on how I view my role and how I communicate with my patients. I now think of myself not as a "doctor" but as a healer, and know that there is much more to my work than diagnosing diseases and prescribing medicines. I read this book many times, and every time I laugh and I cry and I am inspired and touched. This book is truly one of a kind; it is worth a million stars!!

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