The Hiss of Hope: A Voyage with Parkinson's Toward an Intimate Autonomy

by Meredith Oenning-Hodgson

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"Even though The Hiss of Hope is about living with a chronic disease, the book does not dwell on a life of suffering and desperation, but rather, it also depicts the adventure leading to places, to encounters, and to depths of experience that would not have been possible without first having been ambushed by Parkinson's. Today's Zeitgeist seems to be pregnant with dark and fearful hints of impending disasters. This book suggests an intimate autonomy as a culturally integrable relating pattern to cope with life in the first half of the 21st century--and with death"-- Read Less

"Even though The Hiss of Hope is about living with a chronic disease, the book does not dwell on a life of suffering and desperation, but rather, it also depicts the adventure leading to places, to encounters, and to depths of experience that would not have been possible without first having been ambushed by Parkinson's. Today's Zeitgeist seems to be pregnant with dark and fearful hints of impending disasters. This book suggests an intimate autonomy as a culturally integrable relating pattern to cope with life in the first ... Read More