Book Reviews

posted on April 9, 2012 - 12:00pm
QUEST Vol. 19, No. 2
Note: Unless other contact information is given, books mentioned in Quest can be ordered through local bookstores or online through retailers such as Amazon.com or BN.com. Prices are subject to change and so have not been quoted here. Reviewed books are not available through MDA.
posted on July 1, 2011 - 1:11pm
QUEST Vol. 18, No. 3
Featured books by people affected with neuromuscular diseases include: A Sloan Product: A Memoir of a Lost Boy by Neil Selinger who has ALS; Learn Thai with Me by an author with CMT; and Zagrobelny’s Way, a book about a community leader who had muscular dystrophy. Other reviewed books include: a book by a woman with mitochondrial disease; a memoir about the secret shame of having a disability; a...
posted on October 1, 2010 - 11:15am
QUEST Vol. 17, No. 4
Featured in this issue: Books by people affected by neuromuscular diseases include For the Love of Pete: The Story of Our ALS Journey by Marlene Hoyland Zaleski, whose husband died of ALS; The Samurai and the Mujahideen, a story set during the Soviet-Afghanistan war by Ben Dowling, who has Friedreich's ataxia; Shadows on the Ceiling: A Memoir of Disability and Abuse, a tale of a woman's...
posted on July 1, 2010 - 1:16pm
QUEST Vol. 17, No. 3
Featured in this issue: Books by young people affected with neuromuscular diseases include Through My Eyes by a former MDA goodwill ambassador, Joey Wells; and Still Dancing by anti-bullying expert Gabrielle Ford.Other reviewed books include Different Drummers, a novel about growing up in the 1960s with muscular dystrophy; Skating Forward, a collection of profiles of figure skaters who have...
posted on December 31, 2009 - 1:01am
QUEST Vol. 17, No. 1
Featured in this issue: Jeni Stepanek's "Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs" ** Fiction and nonfiction by authors: Christoph Keller, Patricia N. Rachal, Robert E. Paulson, Michael P. Murphy, Paul MacLean and R.J. Huddy.
posted on November 1, 2008 - 10:43am
QUEST Vol. 15, No. 6
NOTE: Books mentioned in Quest usually can be ordered through local bookstores or online. Reviewed books are not available through MDA.
posted on September 1, 2008 - 2:22pm
QUEST Vol. 15, No. 5
NOTE: Books mentioned in Quest usually can be ordered through local bookstores or online. Reviewed books are not available through MDA. Weakling Willie by Sabrina Low-DuMond, 23 pages, 2008, $16.95, PublishAmerica, www.publishamerica. com
posted on July 1, 2008 - 1:52pm
QUEST Vol. 15, No. 4
NOTE: Books mentioned in Quest usually can be ordered through local bookstores or online. Reviewed books are not available through MDA.
posted on March 1, 2008 - 4:06pm
QUEST Vol. 15, No. 2
NOTE: If your local bookstore doesn’t have a book mentioned in Quest, usually it can be ordered through the store by providing the author’s name, title and/or publisher. Often, books also can be ordered online. Reviewed books are not available through MDA. The Gift of Participation: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions About Volunteering for a Clinical Trial, by Kenneth Getz, 2007, 360 pages, $19...
posted on January 1, 2008 - 2:59pm
QUEST Vol. 15, No. 1
NOTE: If your local bookstore doesn't have a book mentioned in Quest, usually it can be ordered through the store by providing the author's name, title and/or publisher. Often, books also can be ordered online. Reviewed books are not available through MDA. A Wing and a Prayer: An Artist’s Journey with Muscular Dystrophy by Barb Misheck, 191 pages, 2007, $19.95, PublishAmerica, www.publishamerica....
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