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The advice woman

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A school teacher reached burnout while working with inner city children. She got a job as health consultant at a hotel but had to write her own manual. This project expanded into two books published by Simon and Schuster and a third is on the way. Enthusiasm and perseverance were her major aids.

Author: Dusky, Lorraine, Patterson, Ella
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: McCall's
Subject: Arts and entertainment industries
ISSN: 0024-8908
Year: 1997
Publishing industry, Consultants, Consultants (Persons), Positive thinking (Psychology), Will the Real Women Please Stand Up! (Book), 1001 Reasons to Think Positive (Book)

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The woman who refused to fail

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A learning disabled adult recounts how, after her problem was diagnosis as an adult, she was able to moved from social isolation as a 'dummy,'to college and the founding of a self-help group, Puzzle People. Even an IQ of 140 did not keep her from a childhood as an outsider.

Author: Hales, Dianne, Haseltine, Jo Anne
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: McCall's
Subject: Arts and entertainment industries
ISSN: 0024-8908
Year: 1995
Social aspects, Learning disabilities, Learning disorders, Learning disabled, Learning disabled persons

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"A new heart put me back on top"; why climbing this mountain - all 17 miles and 4,100 feet of it - was this woman's smallest uphill battle

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A woman in her thirties whose heart was damaged as a result of a virus ended up needing a transplant. She endured a great deal of illness before and after the transplant, but her body eventually accepted the new heart. Her marriage and faith in God helped her.

Author: Bernstein, Nell, Perkins, Kelly
Publisher: Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing
Publication Name: McCall's
Subject: Arts and entertainment industries
ISSN: 0024-8908
Year: 1997
Organ transplant recipients

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