Sheila W. Mooney has written a book about the effects of chronic illness on the mind and spirit. She has eight chronic illnesses and talks about her own experiences with refreshing candor. There's no self-pity here, just an honest account of her illnesses and what she has come to know about mind and spirit. You'll read about her growing up in a small farming village in Maine, then on to her own family and ultimately, several psychiatric hospitalizations. After losing her career to Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, she faced a great change in her life.

Chronic illness brings a...