My new book is in pre-release

Please forward this information to any caregivers you may know. Thanks.

In case you missed the email announcement I decided to post this here. Sorry for the duplication......

My book Living On the Verge of Insanity will be coming out soon. Here's the description. The printer is shipping them so all I need is your address sent to me at sotmary@gmail.com. I'm giving 30% off for pre-release orders that will get to you by 3/1/09.

With so many self help books on the market it's nice to have a behind the scenes look at what goes on in the long term care of a loved one with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. Whether you are caring for an aging parent, a troubled child or a spouse with emotional or health problems, there are many things to consider and lessons to learn during these stress-filled times. Living On the Verge of Insanity follows Christine and Alan's journey to discover how she learned that care giving can be a loving, enriching time in life but often it gets derailed. Find out how one caregiver learned to stayed on track and reached deep inside herself to find untapped resources and skills she never knew she had.

What readers are saying:

"…an easy read and a tender love story of a caring person."
Jean Hampsas, the caregiver for her husband


"The book is an intimate look into a partnership and truly serves as a practical and non-judgemental guide which I feel will help readers who are already well into (or have even finished) their own journeys to reflect and realize their own positive insights . It was an honor to review this beautiful elucidation of Chris and Alan's deeply moving experiences together and it brought to mind many pleasant memories of my dear mother. Thank you both for this opportunity."
Felicia Gironda, former caregiver and Associate Professor at Touro College, specializing in normal and abnormal aging


"I’ve known Christine Sotmary for over fifty years. We played together when we were children and, separately, we have known tragedy and pain. Reading her story of her journey and of the strengths she developed and discovered that she had has helped me understand better the woman she has become and the way that a strong and determined person can grow through struggle and pain. This is a book that has to be read more than once."

Leonard Marks, caregiver for his wife and Christine's childhood friend


"Thank you for the pleasure and privilege of reading your manuscript Living on the Verge of Insanity. I found it to be a most moving love story and an incredibly poignant honoring of your life partner.

Your careful descriptions of your relationship with Alan, before, during and after his illness, are truly informative to anyone who has ever been in a relationship at all, not just people who have been involved in the care of an ill loved one. Your depiction of the progression of the illness itself is a tribute to the human spirit's transcendence of bodily illness and is therefore inspirational to all, since we are all vulnerable to our own eventual physical decline.

I am left with the impression of your being an extraordinary individual, and I thank you for having confirmed my long held conviction that the arts are powerfully healing forces and that ongoing involvement in an art form, over the course of one's life, can usher us into the final phase with grace and dignity.

Thank you again for allowing me to share this with you!"

Judith Luongo, M.P.S., A.T.R.

About the author

Christine Sotmary, M.S., L.Ac, CPC is a certified Life Coach specializing in coaching caregivers to rediscover joy, find resources and hold on to love they have for themselves and others during these trying times. Go to www.gotcoaching.com for more information.
She also is a powerful speaker on the many loving lessons that she learned during her 8-year journey of caring for her sweetie. Find more information on her talk 30 Loving Lessons for Full Hearts: fortifying caregivers by going to www.livingontheverge.com

Christine Sotmary, M.S., L.Ac. CPC
Author
Living On the Verge of Insanity: Loving lessons learned from my sweetie’s early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
ISBN: 978-0-692-00022-9
sotmary@gmail.com
917-273-1308

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