Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers - Softcover

Reader Praise for Saving Graces

"I feel as if I've just had a long heart-to-heart with a wonderful new friend. Your writing is so open and engaging, truly."
-- Louisa Dykstra, Des Moines, IA

"I admire your continued courage, wisdom, and generosity. You are truly an inspiration."
-- Peggy Abrams, Raleigh, NC

"I wept when I read about your son Wade, and I can't even imagine how you felt when you discovered your breast cancer. But you are a survivor. Your strength is an inspiration to me. Thank you."
-- Amy Manata, Skokie, IL

"I have taken so much wisdom from your words and those of your husband. Life is full of heartache. But life is such a wonderful tapestry of colors, grays and oranges, sad ones, happy ones. . . "
-- Priscilla Harcourt, Tewksbury, MA

"You are an inspiration and not simply because of your own courage but because you lead us to other heroes. You show me the hero that is your son and the hero that is my mother."
-- Carina Ost, Los Angeles, CA

"It is you who deserves our graces. You showed the world how to be strong, courageous, and most of all determined."
-- Eddie Alexander, San Mateo, CA

"You have been an inspiration to me because of your grace and consideration to all of us who support your battle against breast cancer as well as your obvious humanity and ability to speak to us as though we were in your living room."
-- Ellen E. Schaefer, Eugene, OR

ELIZABETH EDWARDS, a lawyer, has worked for the North Carolina Attorney General's office and at the law firm Merriman, Nichols, and Crampton in Raleigh, and she has also taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at the law school of North Carolina University. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.