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Resilience

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  • First published 2009
  • 3 editions

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1 About this book

The bestselling author of Saving Graces shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity. She's one of the most beloved political figures in the country, and on the surface, seems to have led a charmed life. In many ways, she has. Beautiful family. Thriving career.

Supportive friendship. Loving marriage. But she's no stranger to adversity. Many know of the strength she had shown after her son, Wade, was killed in a freak car accident when he was only sixteen years old. She would exhibit this remarkable grace and courage again when the very private matter of her husband's infidelity became public fodder.

And her own life has been on the line. Days before the 2004 presidential election--when her husband John was running for vice president--she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After rounds of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation the cancer went away--only to reoccur in 2007.

Good for readers who want: a true life story and philosophy.

  • Biography
  • Resilience (Personality trait)
  • Philosophy
  • Biography & autobiography
  • Cancer
  • Family life
  • Legislators' spouses
  • Patients

2 About Elizabeth Edwards

Born 1949

Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards (July 3, 1949 – December 7, 2010) was an American attorney, author, and health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Edwards lived a private life until her husband's rise as senator and ultimately unsuccessful vice presidential and presidential campaigns.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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