- Hardcover: 360 pages
- Publisher: SANTA MONICA PRESS; 2 edition (19 Aug 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1595800514
- ISBN-13: 978-1595800510
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 437,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A first-person account of sudden, unexpected tragedy and life-affirming courage, this remarkable tale of regeneration imparts lessons both medical and spiritual.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is not a story that you would expect to be a page turner and yet it certainly is. This is the gripping and inspirational tale of the author's survival and terrible battle over so many years to return to health. We are with him on a roller coaster of progress and setbacks and the heartbreaking battles not only with his broken body but with the medical and insurance industries. This should also be required reading for doctors in helping them remember that every patient, however ill, is a person who has feelings and needs a moment of kindness as well as medical consideration. I saw the author on a You Tube of Connie Martinsons books programme and was uplifted to hear a man who is incredibly articulate and measured in tone after his exhausting journey. A good book.
Format:Hardcover
Expected a more technical book, but received something more....
Something useable to all, learned you must keep looking for solutions, don't settle for that's all there is, keep asking, keep asking different sources and keep trying....
Dividends can and did pay off big time.
Unbelieveable journey. Not an easy journey... but a happy end.
Unforgettable players...
Something useable to all, learned you must keep looking for solutions, don't settle for that's all there is, keep asking, keep asking different sources and keep trying....
Dividends can and did pay off big time.
Unbelieveable journey. Not an easy journey... but a happy end.
Unforgettable players...
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
An inspiring, breathtaking ride with medical breakthroughs and spiritual depth.
24 April 2010
Format:Hardcover
More than a book you can't put down, although it is that, Rise and Shine is an unforgettable ride that propels the reader through the roller-coaster adventure of Simon Lewis's recovery, from the deepest coma possible without being dead to his triumph over the naysaying doctors, the impossible door slams of the insurance industry, and the ineffectual healthcare quagmire. After 16 years of persistence, with the loving care of his parents and the shining healers he found among the many medical professionals he consulted, Mr. Lewis emerges with his humor, keen insights and gift of inspiring language intact. The wealth of scientific data he has assembled in very accessible form will help many individuals around the world who will be informed and uplifted by his stunning effort to share his discoveries with a global readership, particularly those who have suffered traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries and believe they have no way out. For me, the most touching passages come near the beginning of the tale, where Mr. Lewis recounts the dream-like snippets that came back to him from his month in the coma. The book is a prodigious effort that has as much poetry and spiritual perception as it has revealing medical truths.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Hope for Us All
25 April 2010
Format:Hardcover
The Buddha said, "No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
We all experience challenge in our lives. Sometimes, we allow those challenges to get us down. They can make us feel as though there is no way forward. Well, let me tell you, "Rise and Shine" will show you that the challenges you have faced are nothing compared to what Simon Lewis has experienced. Even more powerfully, this book will show you that surrender need not be an option...even in the face of the most catastrophic of life's circumstances. Perseverance and the will to survive are embedded in all of us and this journey of 15 years will show you just how strong it truly can be.
This book will take you along on the sojourn of Lewis's recovery from what was, for all intents and purposes, a fatal car crash. A crash so horrific that everything that meant anything to Simon was ripped from his life in an instant. This will show you that while we tend to revere our doctors, they oftentimes are working blind. They do call it a 'practice' and not a 'mastery' after all. See also how the current insurance system has been rigged against those who need it the most. But, most importantly, see how, at our very core, is the strength to overcome and flourish once again. This is story of deep struggle and ultimate triumph with a lot of seemingly insurmountable obstacles around every turn. Follow Simon as he walks his path.
We all experience challenge in our lives. Sometimes, we allow those challenges to get us down. They can make us feel as though there is no way forward. Well, let me tell you, "Rise and Shine" will show you that the challenges you have faced are nothing compared to what Simon Lewis has experienced. Even more powerfully, this book will show you that surrender need not be an option...even in the face of the most catastrophic of life's circumstances. Perseverance and the will to survive are embedded in all of us and this journey of 15 years will show you just how strong it truly can be.
This book will take you along on the sojourn of Lewis's recovery from what was, for all intents and purposes, a fatal car crash. A crash so horrific that everything that meant anything to Simon was ripped from his life in an instant. This will show you that while we tend to revere our doctors, they oftentimes are working blind. They do call it a 'practice' and not a 'mastery' after all. See also how the current insurance system has been rigged against those who need it the most. But, most importantly, see how, at our very core, is the strength to overcome and flourish once again. This is story of deep struggle and ultimate triumph with a lot of seemingly insurmountable obstacles around every turn. Follow Simon as he walks his path.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
An Engrossing and Inspiring Tale
16 Jun 2010
Format:Hardcover
I don't normally read auto-biographies &/or medical stories, but I knew about Mr. Lewis and a SMALL part of his story due to my employer, Bioness, Inc. (We make the leg device Mr. Lewis discovers late in his book.) With that curiosity, I opened the pages, only to be completely enthralled by the adventure that Simon takes on.
The book reads like a top-notch novel which kept my interest from beginning to end. It also touched my heart to hear about both the struggles he continually faced and inexhaustable will of Simon and his family. To read about his challenges is both heart-wrenching and life-affirming.
This roller-coaster of a read will find you gasping in dismay at the fights that Simon must take on (and all while being completely disabled) then just as quickly cheering with his victories. It would take a very hard heart not to be moved by this book. (But I would recommend keeping the tissues nearby if you're a softie...you will get caught up in this story!)
The book reads like a top-notch novel which kept my interest from beginning to end. It also touched my heart to hear about both the struggles he continually faced and inexhaustable will of Simon and his family. To read about his challenges is both heart-wrenching and life-affirming.
This roller-coaster of a read will find you gasping in dismay at the fights that Simon must take on (and all while being completely disabled) then just as quickly cheering with his victories. It would take a very hard heart not to be moved by this book. (But I would recommend keeping the tissues nearby if you're a softie...you will get caught up in this story!)
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